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Müller, T.D.* ; Brönner, G.* ; Wandolski, M.* ; Carrie, J.* ; Nguyen, T.T.* ; Greene, B.H.* ; Scherag, A.* ; Grallert, H. ; Vogel, C.I.G.* ; Scherag, S.* ; Rief, W.* ; Wichmann, H.-E. ; Illig, T. ; Schäfer, H.* ; Hebebrand, J.* ; Hinney, A.*

Mutation screen and association studies for the fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) gene and early onset and adult obesity.

BMC Med. Genet. 11:2 (2010)
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BACKGROUND: The orexigenic effects of cannabinoids are limited by activation of the endocannabinoid degrading enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH). The aim of this study was to analyse whether FAAH alleles are associated with early and late onset obesity. METHODS: We initially assessed association of five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in FAAH with early onset extreme obesity in up to 521 German obese children and both parents. SNPs with nominal p-values 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: As we observed some evidence for an association of the FAAH variants rs2295632 rs324420 with early onset but not adult obesity, we conclude that the FAAH variants analyzed here at least do not seem to play a major role in the etiology of obesity within our samples.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
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Schlagwörter Problem drug-use; Endocannabinoid system; Disequilibrium test; Extreme obesity; Anadamide; Polymorphism; Metabolism; Variants; Linkage; Brain
e-ISSN 1471-2350
Zeitschrift BMC Medical Genetics
Quellenangaben Band: 11, Heft: 1, Seiten: , Artikelnummer: 2 Supplement: ,
Verlag BioMed Central
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed