Showing posts with label is obesity a genetic disorder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label is obesity a genetic disorder. Show all posts

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Genetic Obesity Syndromes

Genetic Obesity Syndromes There are numerous reports of multi-system genetic disorders with obesity. Many have a characteristic presentationand several, an overlapping phenotype indicating the likelihood of a shared common underlyingmechanism or pathway. By understanding the genetic causes and functional perturbations of such syndromeswe stand to gain tremendous insight into obesogenic pathways. In this review we focus particularlyon Bardet-Biedl...