Recent progress in the polygenic obesity among Asian population

VernacularTitle:亚裔人群肥胖的多基因遗传研究进展
Author: Tao WANG ; Weiping JIA ; Cheng HU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Obesity; SNPs; Genome-wide association study; GWAS
From: Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2015;(7):637-640
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Obesity has a harmful impact on health and is imposed by both environmental and genetic factors. Recently, over 60 obesity-related susceptible loci have been identified through genome-wide association study. However, it still remained unknown whether these loci were specific or generalized to the ethnic groups for genetic distinction. This review summarized the obesity-related susceptible loci in Asian populations, which were recently identified among Europeans or Asians.