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Genetic linkage and association of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (ghrelin receptor) gene in human obesity.

Baessler A, Hasinoff MJ, Fischer M, Reinhard W, Sonnenberg GE, Olivier M, Erdmann J, Schunkert H, Doering A, Jacob HJ, Comuzzie AG, Kissebah AH, Kwitek AE.

Diabetes. 2005 Jan;54(1):259-67.PMID: 15616037 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Association of the Ghrelin receptor gene region with left ventricular hypertrophy in the general population: results of the MONICA/KORA Augsburg Echocardiographic Substudy.

Baessler A, Kwitek AE, Fischer M, Koehler M, Reinhard W, Erdmann J, Riegger G, Doering A, Schunkert H, Hengstenberg C.

Hypertension. 2006 May;47(5):920-7. Epub 2006 Mar 27.PMID: 16567594 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Epistatic interaction between haplotypes of the ghrelin ligand and receptor genes influence susceptibility to myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease.

Baessler A, Fischer M, Mayer B, Koehler M, Wiedmann S, Stark K, Doering A, Erdmann J, Riegger G, Schunkert H, Kwitek AE, Hengstenberg C.

Hum Mol Genet. 2007 Apr 15;16(8):887-99. Epub 2007 Feb 26.PMID: 17324965 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Association studies on ghrelin and ghrelin receptor gene polymorphisms with obesity.

Gueorguiev M, Lecoeur C, Meyre D, Benzinou M, Mein CA, Hinney A, Vatin V, Weill J, Heude B, Hebebrand J, Grossman AB, Korbonits M, Froguel P.

Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Apr;17(4):745-54. Epub 2009 Jan 22.PMID: 19165163 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ghrelin receptor gene polymorphisms and body size in children and adults.

Garcia EA, Heude B, Petry CJ, Gueorguiev M, Hassan-Smith ZK, Spanou A, Ring SM, Dunger DB, Wareham N, Sandhu MS, Ong KK, Korbonits M.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Oct;93(10):4158-61. Epub 2008 Jul 22.PMID: 18647811 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Is a gene important for bone resorption a candidate for obesity? An association and linkage study on the RANK (receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB) gene in a large Caucasian sample.

Zhao LJ, Guo YF, Xiong DH, Xiao P, Recker RR, Deng HW.

Hum Genet. 2006 Nov;120(4):561-70. Epub 2006 Sep 8.PMID: 16960694 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Tests of linkage and/or association of the LEPR gene polymorphisms with obesity phenotypes in Caucasian nuclear families.

Liu YJ, Rocha-Sanchez SM, Liu PY, Long JR, Lu Y, Elze L, Recker RR, Deng HW.

Physiol Genomics. 2004 Apr 13;17(2):101-6.PMID: 14970363 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Polymorphisms near SOCS3 are associated with obesity and glucose homeostasis traits in Hispanic Americans from the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Family Study.

Talbert ME, Langefeld CD, Ziegler J, Mychaleckyj JC, Haffner SM, Norris JM, Bowden DW.

Hum Genet. 2009 Mar;125(2):153-62. Epub 2008 Dec 13.PMID: 19083014 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Analysis of common PTPN1 gene variants in type 2 diabetes, obesity and associated phenotypes in the French population.

Cheyssac C, Lecoeur C, Dechaume A, Bibi A, Charpentier G, Balkau B, Marre M, Froguel P, Gibson F, Vaxillaire M.

BMC Med Genet. 2006 May 5;7:44.PMID: 16677372 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Polymorphisms of the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) gene are associated with obesity phenotypes in a large family-based association study.

Guo YF, Xiong DH, Shen H, Zhao LJ, Xiao P, Guo Y, Wang W, Yang TL, Recker RR, Deng HW.

J Med Genet. 2006 Oct;43(10):798-803. Epub 2006 May 24.PMID: 16723389 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Chromosome 7p linkage and GPR154 gene association in Italian families with allergic asthma.

Malerba G, Lindgren CM, Xumerle L, Kiviluoma P, Trabetti E, Laitinen T, Galavotti R, Pescollderungg L, Boner AL, Kere J, Pignatti PF.

Clin Exp Allergy. 2007 Jan;37(1):83-9.PMID: 17210045 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A genetic study of the ghrelin and growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR) genes and stature.

Gueorguiev M, Lecoeur C, Benzinou M, Mein CA, Meyre D, Vatin V, Weill J, Heude B, Grossman AB, Froguel P, Korbonits M.

Ann Hum Genet. 2009 Jan;73(1):1-9. Epub 2008 Oct 15.PMID: 18945286 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Variations in the ghrelin receptor gene associate with obesity and glucose metabolism in individuals with impaired glucose tolerance.

Mager U, Degenhardt T, Pulkkinen L, Kolehmainen M, Tolppanen AM, Lindström J, Eriksson JG, Carlberg C, Tuomilehto J, Uusitupa M; Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study Group.

PLoS One. 2008 Aug 13;3(8):e2941.PMID: 18698404 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Linkage and association analyses of the UCP3 gene with obesity phenotypes in Caucasian families.

Liu YJ, Liu PY, Long J, Lu Y, Elze L, Recker RR, Deng HW.

Physiol Genomics. 2005 Jul 14;22(2):197-203. Epub 2005 May 3.PMID: 15870396 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the SEC8L1 gene, which encodes a subunit of the exocyst complex, and rheumatoid arthritis in a Japanese population.

Hamada D, Takata Y, Osabe D, Nomura K, Shinohara S, Egawa H, Nakano S, Shinomiya F, Scafe CR, Reeve VM, Miyamoto T, Moritani M, Kunika K, Inoue H, Yasui N, Itakura M.

Arthritis Rheum. 2005 May;52(5):1371-80.PMID: 15880602 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Ghrelin receptor gene: identification of several sequence variants in extremely obese children and adolescents, healthy normal-weight and underweight students, and children with short normal stature.

Wang HJ, Geller F, Dempfle A, Schäuble N, Friedel S, Lichtner P, Fontenla-Horro F, Wudy S, Hagemann S, Gortner L, Huse K, Remschmidt H, Bettecken T, Meitinger T, Schäfer H, Hebebrand J, Hinney A.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Jan;89(1):157-62.PMID: 14715843 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Association of proopiomelanocortin gene polymorphisms with obesity in the IRAS family study.

Sutton BS, Langefeld CD, Williams AH, Norris JM, Saad MF, Haffner SM, Bowden DW.

Obes Res. 2005 Sep;13(9):1491-8.PMID: 16222047 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Genetic variants within the LPIN1 gene, encoding lipin, are influencing phenotypes of the metabolic syndrome in humans.

Wiedmann S, Fischer M, Koehler M, Neureuther K, Riegger G, Doering A, Schunkert H, Hengstenberg C, Baessler A.

Diabetes. 2008 Jan;57(1):209-17. Epub 2007 Oct 16.PMID: 17940119 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Genetic study of the melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 2 in childhood and adulthood severe obesity.

Ghoussaini M, Vatin V, Lecoeur C, Abkevich V, Younus A, Samson C, Wachter C, Heude B, Tauber M, Tounian P, Hercberg S, Weill J, Levy-Marchal C, Le Stunff C, Bougnères P, Froguel P, Meyre D.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Nov;92(11):4403-9. Epub 2007 Aug 14.PMID: 17698913 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the tau gene with late-onset Parkinson disease.

Martin ER, Scott WK, Nance MA, Watts RL, Hubble JP, Koller WC, Lyons K, Pahwa R, Stern MB, Colcher A, Hiner BC, Jankovic J, Ondo WG, Allen FH Jr, Goetz CG, Small GW, Masterman D, Mastaglia F, Laing NG, Stajich JM, Ribble RC, Booze MW, Rogala A, Hauser MA, Zhang F, Gibson RA, Middleton LT, Roses AD, Haines JL, Scott BL, Pericak-Vance MA, Vance JM.

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