The role of neuromedin U in adiposity regulation. Haplotype analysis in European children from the IDEFICS Cohort.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Neuromedin U (NMU) is a hypothalamic neuropeptide with important roles in several metabolic processes, recently suggested as potential therapeutic target for obesity. We analysed the associations between NMU gene variants and haplotypes and body mass index (BMI) in a large sample...

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Main Authors: Francesco Gianfagna, Claudio Grippi, Wolfgang Ahrens, Mark E S Bailey, Claudia Börnhorst, Stefan De Henauw, Ronja Foraita, Anna C Koni, Vittorio Krogh, Staffan Mårild, Dénes Molnár, Luis Moreno, Yannis Pitsiladis, Paola Russo, Alfonso Siani, Michael Tornaritis, Toomas Veidebaum, Licia Iacoviello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5325300?pdf=render