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Obesity-Causing Gene Found

It discovered that there is a link between the human gene TGFBI and obesity.

TGFBI, a gene on human chromosome 5, has been so far known to be closely related to many diseases, including corneal epithelial adhesion.

After studying 779 diabetic patients and 316 healthy people, the team found that the TGFBI gene has 28 kinds of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), of which three SNPs are closely linked to insulin density in the blood, body mass index and the waist-hip ratio representative obesity indicators.