Common genetic variation near MC4R is associated with waist circumference and insulin resistance (original) (raw)
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At Ealing Hospital and Imperial College, we thank J. Wrigley, S. Trainor and the team of research nurses for subject characterization and sample handling; and C. Hoggart, R. Walters, X. Li and P. Thomason (supported by Wellcome Trust grant 066786) for assistance with data analysis. The work was supported by the British Heart Foundation Grant SP/04/002.
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John C Chambers, Paul Elliott, Delilah Zabaneh, Weihua Zhang & David Balding - Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, Michigan, USA
Yun Li - Section of Genomic Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Rd., London, W12 0NN, UK
Philippe Froguel - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 8090-Institute of Biology, Pasteur Institute, Lille, France
Philippe Froguel - National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Rd., London, W12 0NN, UK
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J.C.C., P.E., D.Z., D.B., J.S., P.F. and J.S.K. designed the study. J.C.C., P.E. and J.S.K. supervised recruitment of study subjects. D.Z., J.C.C., P.E., J.S. and J.S.K. supervised the experiments. J.C.C., D.Z., W.Z., Y.L. and D.B. performed data analysis. J.C.C., P.E., J.S. and J.S.K. wrote the manuscript. All authors commented on and approved the manuscript.
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Chambers, J., Elliott, P., Zabaneh, D. et al. Common genetic variation near MC4R is associated with waist circumference and insulin resistance.Nat Genet 40, 716–718 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.156
- Received: 29 January 2008
- Accepted: 15 April 2008
- Published: 04 May 2008
- Issue Date: June 2008
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.156