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Linkage between obesity and a marker near the tumor necrosis factor-alpha locus in Pima Indians.
R A Norman, … , C Bogardus, E Ravussin
R A Norman, … , C Bogardus, E Ravussin
Published July 1, 1995
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 1995;96(1):158-162. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI118016.
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Linkage between obesity and a marker near the tumor necrosis factor-alpha locus in Pima Indians.

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Because tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) expression is increased in adipose tissue of both rodent models of obesity and obese humans, it has been considered as a candidate gene for obesity. Pima Indians were scored for genotypes at three polymorphic dinucleotide repeat loci (markers) near the gene TNF-alpha at 6p21.3. In a sib-pair linkage analysis, percent body fat, as measured by hydrostatic weighing, was linked (304 sib-pairs, P = 0.002) to the marker closest (10 kb) to TNF-alpha. The same marker was associated (P = 0.01) by analysis of variance with BMI. To search for possible DNA variants in TNF-alpha that contribute to obesity, single stranded conformational polymorphism analysis was performed from 20 obese and 20 lean subjects. Primer pairs were designed for the entire TNF-alpha protein coding region and part of the promoter. Only a single polymorphism located in the promoter region was detected. No association could be demonstrated between alleles at this polymorphism and percent body fat. We conclude that the linkage of TNF-alpha to obesity might be due to a sequence variant undetected in TNF-alpha or due to a variant in some other closely linked gene.

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R A Norman, C Bogardus, E Ravussin

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