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Associations between GRM7 polymorphisms and obesity in patients selected for sleeve gastrectomy.
Metabolic brain disease - 1 Dec 2023
Ghafouri-Fard Soudeh, Ahmadi Teshnizi Sara, Azizi Shahryar, Eslami Solat, Taheri Mohammad, Rashnoo Fariborz
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is a worldwide problem in which genetic factors have a prominent role. We have selected two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within glutamate metabotropic receptor 7 (GRM7) gene, namely rs6782011 and rs779867 to weigh their association with obesity in an Iranian cohort. The distribution of rs6782011 alleles was significantly different in the obese patients from normal controls (P < 0.0001; 434 obese...
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