Fol. Biol. 2010, 56, 131-134

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2010056030131

INSIG2 Promoter Variant, Obesity Markers and Lipid Parameters – No Association in a Large Slavonic Caucasian Population Sample

Jaroslav A. Hubáček1,2,3, L. Kuthanová2, R. Bohuslavová1,2, V. Adámková2,3, V. Lánská2, T. Meitinger4, A. Pfeufer4

1Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Prague, Czech Republic
2Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
3University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Public Health and Social Studies, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
4Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Centrum München, Munich, Germany

Received August 2009
Accepted November 2009

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