Lack of support for the association between GAD2 polymorphisms and severe human obesity.

The demonstration of association between common genetic variants and chronic human diseases such as obesity could have profound implications for the prediction, prevention, and treatment of these conditions. Unequivocal proof of such an association, however, requires independent replication of initi...

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Main Authors: Michael M Swarbrick, Björn Waldenmaier, Len A Pennacchio, Denise L Lind, Martha M Cavazos, Frank Geller, Raphael Merriman, Anna Ustaszewska, Mary Malloy, André Scherag, Wen-Chi Hsueh, Winfried Rief, Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, Clive R Pullinger, John P Kane, Robert Dent, Ruth McPherson, Pui-Yan Kwok, Anke Hinney, Johannes Hebebrand, Christian Vaisse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-09-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1193520?pdf=render