Functional Characterization of Novel <i>MC4R </i>Variants Identified in Two Unrelated Patients with Morbid Obesity in Qatar
<p dir="ltr">The leptin–melanocortin pathway is pivotal in appetite and energy homeostasis. Pathogenic variants in genes involved in this pathway lead to severe early-onset monogenic obesity (MO). The <i>MC4R</i> gene plays a central role in leptin–melanocortin signaling,...
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| Main Author: | Idris Mohammed (751020) (author) |
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| Other Authors: | Senthil Selvaraj (314873) (author), Wesam S. Ahmed (10170053) (author), Tara Al-Barazenji (18002491) (author), Ayat S Hammad (19437820) (author), Hajar Dauleh (18002500) (author), Luis R. Saraiva (18282274) (author), Mashael Al-Shafai (3466301) (author), Khalid Hussain (110443) (author) |
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2023
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