FTO gains function

George Stratigopoulos; Rudolph L. Leibel

doi:10.1038/ng1210-1038

FTO gains function

George Stratigopoulos
, Rudolph L. Leibel

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Abstract

Previous genome-wide association studies have identified a strong association between FTO and human obesity, although the mechanism by which FTO affects obesity remains unknown. A new study suggests that the obesity risk alleles are gain-of-function.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1038-1039
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Genetics
Volume	42
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1210-1038
State	Published - Dec 2010
Externally published	Yes

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FTO gains function

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