Obesity and variants of the GHRL (ghrelin) and BCHE (butyrylcholinesterase) genes

Obesity and variants of the GHRL (ghrelin) and BCHE (butyrylcholinesterase) genes

Ghrelin coded by the GHRL gene is related to weight-gain, its deactivation possibly depending on its hydrolyzation by butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) encoded by the BCHE gene, an enzyme already associated with the body mass index (BMI). The aim was to search for relationships between SNPs of the GHRL a...

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Main Authors: Vitor G.L. Dantas, Lupe Furtado-Alle, Ricardo L.R. Souza, Eleidi A. Chautard-Freire-Maia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2011-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
BCHE gene
body-mass index
butyrylcholinesterase
ghrelin
GHRL gene
obesity
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572011000200006

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