EE Snyder, B Walts, L Pérusse, YC Chagnon, … - update, 2004 - Citeseer WEISNAGEL, TUOMO RANKINEN, AND CLAUDE BOUCHARD. The human obesity gene map: the
2003 update. Obes Res. 2004;12:369–439. This is the tenth update of the human
obesity gene map, incorporating published results up to the end of October ... Cited by 237 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 7 versions
CM Steppan, MA Lazar - Journal of Internal Medicine, 2004 - interscience.wiley.com Obesity and noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus are globally epidemic.
Insulin resistance is a major contributor to the pathogenesis of type II
diabetes and plays a role in numerous other metabolic disorders including ... Cited by 207 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►endojournals.org HF Escobar-Morreale, M Luque-Ramirez, JL … - Endocrine Reviews, 2005 - Endocrine Soc The elucidation of the molecular genetic basis of these disorders has been
burdened by the heterogeneity in the diagnostic criteria used to define PCOS,
the limited sample size of the studies conducted to date, and the lack of ... Cited by 127 - Related articles - All 6 versions
- ►endojournals.org M Urbanek, A Woodroffe, KG Ewens, E … - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2005 - Endocrine Soc Context: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder that is
believed to have a genetic basis. However, no specific susceptibility gene or
region has been conclusively identified. ... Objective: The objective of ... Cited by 59 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org E Diamanti-Kandarakis, C Piperi - Human Reproduction Update, 2005 - ESHRE Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex and heterogeneous disorder
presenting a challenge for clinical investigators. It is the most common
endocrine disorder of women in reproductive age, a multifaceted ... Cited by 49 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] KN Conneely, K Silander, LJ Scott, KL … - Diabetologia, 2004 - Springer Aims/hypothesis. Resistin is a peptide hormone pro- duced by adipocytes that is
present at high levels in sera of obese mice and may be involved in glucose
homeostasis through regulation of insulin sensitivity. Several studies in ... Cited by 48 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org HF Escobar-Morreale, G Villuendas, JI … - Human Reproduction, 2006 - ESHRE BACKGROUND: We conducted a cross-sectional case–control study to evaluate the
possible involvement of adiponectin and resistin in the pathogenesis of
polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). METHODS: Seventy-six PCOS patients and 40 ... Cited by 41 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
VS Mattevi, VM Zembrzuski, MH Hutz - Human genetics, 2004 - Springer Abstract The potential association of resistin (RETN) gene variability with
obesity-related phenotypes was investigated in 585 non-diabetic individuals of
European descent. The polymorphism studied (−420 C>G) is located in the ... Cited by 41 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
P Amato, JL Simpson - Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & …, 2004 - Elsevier Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous disorder. There is evidence
for a genetic component in PCOS based on familial clustering of cases. The
majority of the evidence supports an autosomal dominant form of ... Cited by 36 - Related articles - All 14 versions
H Osawa, H Onuma, M Ochi, A Murakami, J … - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2005 - Elsevier Resistin, secreted from adipocytes, causes insulin resistance in rodents. Its
roles and main source in humans remain unknown. The G/G genotype of resistin
single nucleotide polymorphism, SNP-420, induces type 2 diabetes mellitus ... Cited by 35 - Related articles - All 4 versions
