Mutation analysis of the MCHR1 gene in human obesity

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  • Anne-Kathrin Wermter
  • Kathrin Reichwald
  • Thomas Büch
  • Frank Geller
  • Cornelia Platzer
  • Klaus Huse
  • Claudia Hess
  • Helmut Remschmidt
  • Thomas Gudermann
  • Gerald Preibisch
  • Wolfgang Siegfried
  • Hans-Peter Goldschmidt
  • Wei-Dong Li
  • R Arlen Price
  • Heike Biebermann
  • Heiko Krude
  • Caren Vollmert
  • H-Erich Wichmann
  • Thomas Illig
  • Arne Astrup
  • Lesli Hingstrup Larsen
  • Delphine Eberlé
  • Karine Clément
  • John Blundell
  • Martin Wabitsch
  • Helmut Schäfer
  • Matthias Platzer
  • Anke Hinney
  • Johannes Hebebrand
The importance of the melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) system for regulation of energy homeostasis and body weight has been demonstrated in rodents. We analysed the human MCH receptor 1 gene (MCHR1) with respect to human obesity.
Original languageEnglish
JournalEuropean Journal of Endocrinology
Volume152
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)851-62
Number of pages12
ISSN0804-4643
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005

    Research areas

  • Adolescent, Adult, Animals, COS Cells, Cercopithecus aethiops, Cyclic AMP, DNA, Female, Humans, Inositol Phosphates, Male, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, Obesity, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational, Receptors, Pituitary Hormone, Sequence Analysis, DNA

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