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Low Salivary Amylase Gene (AMY1) Copy Number Is Associated with Obesity and Gut Prevotella Abundance in Mexican Children and Adults

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified copy number variants (CNVs) associated with obesity in chromosomal regions 1p31.1, 10q11.22, 11q11, 16p12.3, and recently 1p21.1, which contains the salivary amylase gene (AMY1). Recent evidence suggests this enzyme may influence gut microbiota...

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Autores principales: León-Mimila, Paola, Villamil-Ramírez, Hugo, López-Contreras, Blanca E., Morán-Ramos, Sofía, Macias-Kauffer, Luis R., Acuña-Alonzo, Víctor, del Río-Navarro, Blanca E., Salmerón, Jorge, Velazquez-Cruz, Rafael, Villarreal-Molina, Teresa, Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A., Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6266693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30388780
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10111607