Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Neurogenetical predictors of psychological disturbances in children with severe obesity.Methods: We examined 254 pubertal obese children: group1 (simple obesity) 187 children, 14.3±2.0 yrs, 30.4±2.8 kg/m2; group2 (severe obesity) 67 children, 14.7±2.1, 39.1±3.8. Control 80 children, 14.4±2.0 yrs, 19.7±1.7 kg/m2. Dopamine levels were determined. Genotyping was performed on polymorphic genes C...

Background: It is well known that many nuerohormonal and genetic factors influence on the developing of obesity in children. Serotoninergic system is determined to be one of the most important factors. Serotonin may induce lipogenesis or triacylglycerol synthesis in the liver and/or white adipose tissue.Aim: To establish interactions between serotoninergic system and metabolic parameters in obese children.Methods: We examined 280 c...

Background: The A1 allele of the DRD2/ANKK1 Taq1A polymorphism (rs1800497) is associated with reduced striatal D2 receptor binding (Thompson et al., 1997; Pohjalainen et al.,1998). Associations between Taq1A polymorphism DRD2/ANKK1 gene and reward sensitivity including compulsive overeating were reported (Propper et al., 2008; Davis et al., 2008). To study the association of DRD2/ANKK1 Taq1A polymorphism (rs1800497) with obesity we started g...