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A Common Allele in FGF21 Associated with Sugar Intake Is Associated with Body Shape, Lower Total Body-Fat Percentage, and Higher Blood Pressure

Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is a hormone that has insulin-sensitizing properties. Some trials of FGF21 analogs show weight loss and lipid-lowering effects. Recent studies have shown that a common allele in the FGF21 gene alters the balance of macronutrients consumed, but there was little evi...

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Autores principales: Frayling, Timothy M., Beaumont, Robin N., Jones, Samuel E., Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Tuke, Marcus A., Ruth, Katherine S., Casanova, Francesco, West, Ben, Locke, Jonathan, Sharp, Seth, Ji, Yingjie, Thompson, William, Harrison, Jamie, Etheridge, Amy S., Gallins, Paul J., Jima, Dereje, Wright, Fred, Zhou, Yihui, Innocenti, Federico, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Grarup, Niels, Murray, Anna, Freathy, Rachel M., Weedon, Michael N., Tyrrell, Jessica, Wood, Andrew R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cell Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5912948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29641994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2018.03.070