Mutation analysis of the MCHR1 gene in human obesity

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, Thorkild I A SørensenArne Astrup, Lesli Hingstrup Larsen, Oluf Pedersen, Delphine Eberlé, Karine Clément, John Blundell, Martin Wabitsch, Helmut Schäfer, Matthias Platzer, Anke Hinney, Johannes Hebebrand

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Abstract

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

Keywords

  • 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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