Genetic Regulators of Energy Balance
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Objective: Polymorphic variations in humans are supposed to be responsible for inter individual differences in susceptibility to multifactorial disorders like obesity. Genetic variants of the melanocortin-4 receptor gene (MC4R), agouti related protein (AGRP) and prboopiomelanocortin (POMC) are reported to be associated with obesity. Therefore we tried to see the association of these genes with obesity in north Indian population.
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