FTO Obesity Risk Variants Are Linked to Adipocyte IRX3 Expression and BMI of Children - Relevance of FTO Variants to Defend Body Weight in Lean Children?

• Kathrin Landgraf,

  Affiliations Center for Pediatric Research Leipzig (CPL), University Hospital for Children & Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB) Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Markus Scholz,

  Affiliations Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, LIFE Research Center for Civilization Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Peter Kovacs,

  Affiliation Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB) Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Wieland Kiess,

  Affiliation Center for Pediatric Research Leipzig (CPL), University Hospital for Children & Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Antje Körner

  * E-mail: Antje.Koerner@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

  Affiliations Center for Pediatric Research Leipzig (CPL), University Hospital for Children & Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB) Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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