Association of uncoupling protein (Ucp) gene polymorphisms with cardiometabolic diseases

• Main Authors: Anna E. Pravednikova (Author), Sergey Y. Shevchenko (Author), Victor V. Kerchev (Author), Manana R. Skhirtladze (Author), Svetlana N. Larina (Author), Zaur M. Kachaev (Author), Alexander D. Egorov (Author), Yulii V. Shidlovskii (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The hereditary aspect of obesity is a major focus of modern medical genetics. The genetic background is known to determine a higher-than-average prevalence of obesity in certain regions, like Oceania. There is evidence that dysfunction of brown adipose tissue (BAT) may be a risk factor for...