The Obesity Society

Genetics

Anckaert E, Schiettecatte J, Vanbesien J, Smitz J, Velkeniers B, De Schepper J. Variability among five different commercial IGF-1 immunoassays in conditions of childhood-onset GH deficiency and GH therapy. Acta Clin Belg. 2006 Nov-Dec; 61(6): 335-9.

Diamanti-Kandarakis E, Piperi C, Spina J, Argyrakopoulou G, Papanastasiou L, Bergiele A, Panidis D. Polycystic ovary syndrome: the influence of environmental and genetic factors. Hormones. 2006 Jan-Mar; 5(1): 17-34.

Diamanti-Kandarakis E, Kandarakis H, Legro RS. The role of genes and environment in the etiology of PCOS. Endocrine. 2006 Aug; 30(1): 19-26.


Eisenmann JC. Insight into the causes of the recent secular trend in pediatric obesity: Common sense does not always prevail for complex, multi-factorial phenotypes. Prev Med. 2006 May; 42(5): 329-35.


Gilardini L, McTernan PG, Girola A, da Silva NF, Alberti L, Kumar S, Invitti C. Adiponectin is a candidate marker of metabolic syndrome in obese children and adolescents. Atherosclerosis. 2006 Dec; 189(2): 401-7.


Hunt SC, Xin Y, Wu LL, Hopkins PN, Adams TD. Lack of association of glutamate decarboxylase 2 gene polymorphisms with severe obesity in Utah. Obesity. 2006 Apr; 14(4): 650-5.

Karlsson M, Marild S, Brandberg J, Lonn L, Friberg P, Strandvik B. Serum phospholipid fatty acids, adipose tissue, and metabolic markers in obese adolescents. Obesity. 2006 Nov; 14(11): 1931-9.

Mutch DM, Clement K. Genetics of human obesity. Baillieres Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Dec; 20(4): 647-64.

Okada T, Sato NF, Kuromori Y, Miyashita M, Iwata F, Hara M, Harada K, Hattori H. Thr-encoding allele homozygosity at codon 54 of FABP 2 gene may be associated with impaired delta 6 desatruase activity and reduced plasma arachidonic acid in obese children. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2006 Aug; 13(4): 192-6.

Petrone A, Zavarella S, Caiazzo A, Leto G, Spoletini M, Potenziani S, Osborn J, Vania A, Buzzetti R. The promoter region of the adiponectin gene is a determinant in modulating insulin sensitivity in childhood obesity. Obesity. 2006 Sep; 14(9): 1498-504.

Pomerants T, Tillmann V, Jurimae J, Jurimae T. Relationship between ghrelin and anthropometrical, body composition parameters and testosterone levels in boys at different stages of puberty. J Endocrinol Invest. 2006 Dec; 29(11): 962-7.

Rankinen T, Zuberi A, Chagnon YC, Weisnagel SJ, Argyropoulos G, Walts B, Perusse L, Bouchard C. The human obesity gene map: the 2005 update. Obesity. 14(4):529-644, 2006 Apr.

Reinehr T, de Sousa G, Wabitsch M. Relationships of IGF-I and androgens to skeletal maturation in obese children and adolescents. J Pediatr Endocrinol. 2006 Sep; 19(9): 1133-40.

Skelton JA, DeMattia L, Miller L, Olivier M. Obesity and its therapy: from genes to community action. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2006 Aug; 53(4): 777-94.

 

Stephens JM, Vidal-Puig AJ. An update on visfatin/pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor, an ubiquitously expressed, illusive cytokine that is regulated in obesity. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2006 Apr; 17(2): 128-31.

Yan WL, Chen SF, Huang JF, Shen Y, Qiang BQ, Liu DH, Gu DF. Common SNPs of APM1 gene are not associated with hypertension or obesity in Chinese population. Biomed Environ Sci. 2006 Jun; 19(3): 179-84.

Yang WS, Chuang LM. Human genetics of adiponectin in the metabolic syndrome. J Mol Med. 2006 Feb; 84(2): 112-21.