Obesity as a pleiotropic effect of gene action.

doi:10.1093/jn/127.9.1897S

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Obesity as a pleiotropic effect of gene action.

The Journal of nutrition - 1 Sept 1997

Wolff G L

Abstract excerpt

Obesity, an easily detected and quantifiable phenotypic endpoint, is often considered, colloquially, as a disease. However, the study of obesity in rodents suggests that it is merely a convenient indicator of diverse underlying metabolic and physiologic dysregulations, rather than a disease entit...

Topics

Aging
Agouti Signaling Protein
Animals
Energy Metabolism
Humans
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Leptin
Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
Mice
Mutation
Obesity
Proteins

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