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The Trp64Arg mutation of the beta3 adrenergic receptor gene has no effect on obesity phenotypes in the Québec Family Study and Swedish Obese Subjects cohorts.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Nov 1996
Gagnon J, Mauriège P, Roy S, Sjöström D, Chagnon Y C, Dionne F T, Oppert J M, Pérusse L, Sjöström L, Bouchard C
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The beta adrenergic system plays a key role in regulating energy balance through the stimulation of both thermogenesis and lipid mobilization in brown and white adipose tissues in human and various animal models. Recent studies have suggested that a missense Trp64Arg mutation in the beta3 adrener...
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