Melanocortin-4 Receptor Gene Polymorphisms in Obese Patients

Yurtcu E., Yilmaz A., Ozkurt Z. N., Kolukisa E., Yilmaz M., KELEŞ H., ...Daha Fazla

BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS, cilt.47, ss.295-300, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 47
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10528-009-9228-4
  • Dergi Adı: BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.295-300
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Obesity is a complex disease caused by both genetics and environmental factors. Melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) (MIM 155541) gene polymorphisms were reported to be the cause of monogenic obesity in humans. We studied three polymorphisms (Val50Met, Val103Ile, and Ser58Cys) and a mutation (Asn274Ser) of the MC4R gene in 203 obese patients and in 110 healthy subjects in the Turkish population. A high incidence of Val103Ile and Val50Met polymorphisms as well as the Asn274Ser mutation was found in the obese patients, whereas no significant correlation was found regarding the Ser58Cys polymorphism. We conclude that there is a concordance between the polymorphisms (Val103Ile, Val50Met, Ser58Cys) that were first studied in the Turkish population with obesity.