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SUBMITTER: Fornage M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2888786 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fornage Myriam M Papanicolaou George G Lewis Cora E CE Boerwinkle Eric E Siscovick David S DS
Metabolism: clinical and experimental 20091231 8
Insulin-induced gene 2 (INSIG2) plays an important role in the regulation of cholesterol and fatty acids synthesis. A polymorphism, rs7566605, located 10 kilobases upstream of the INSIG2 gene, was identified in a genomewide association study of obesity. We conducted an association study of 12 INSIG2 tag-single nucleotide polymorphisms with longitudinal measures of body size (body mass index and waist circumference) and lipid metabolism (plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density li ...[more]