OBJECTIVE To define whether the rs9939609 FTO (fat mass and obesity associated) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is associated with anthropometric measurements and its modulation by educational level in a Mediterranean population. METHODS We studied 3 independent adult samples: a random sample (n = 1580) from the general population (GP), obese hospital patients (OHP) (n = 203) and elderly...

BACKGROUND Obesity is a major health problem. Although heritability is substantial, genetic mechanisms predisposing to obesity are not very well understood. We have performed a genome wide association study (GWA) for early onset (extreme) obesity. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS a) GWA (Genome-Wide Human SNP Array 5.0 comprising 440,794 single nucleotide polymorphisms) for early onset extreme ...

Sasang constitutional medicine (SCM), a Korean tailored medicine, categorizes human beings into four types through states of physiological imbalances and responsiveness to herbal medicine. One SCM type susceptible to obesity seems sensitive to energy intake due to an imbalance toward preserving energy. Common variants of fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) and melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) g...

We report an inexpensive TiO2 based quantum dot solar cell (QDSSC) with improved power conversion efficiency prepared by simple techniques. Barium doped zinc sulfide has been successfully deposited on cadmium dots (QDs) successive ion layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) technique. The is utilized as a passivation in the QDSSC, which helped better charge separation. copper (Cu2S) reduced graph...

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles were modified onto fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) via dip-coating technique with different nanoparticle sizes, lifting speeds, precursor concentrations, and dipping numbers. Electrodeposition-based electrochromic device with reversible three-state optical transformation (transparent, mirror, and black) was fabricated subsequently by sandwiching a suitable a...

Parent of origin effects (POE) which could explain part of heritability in obesity were studied. The candidate gene FTO (fat mass and obesity associated) was selected from the Sorbs, a selfcontained population from eastern Germany. We hypothesized there were variants within robustly replicated FTO that conferred different risk of obesity depending on the parental origins of alleles. Genotypes f...

Abstract Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus are the most important reasons in mortality all over the world. It’s clear that reviewing of relationship between Tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) is necessary; on the other hand it’s found that FTO gene has the positive relationship with metabolic issues. Therefore, it’s necessary pay attention to the above and danger...

The response speed of the reported Cs2AgBiBr6-based photodetectors exhibits a wide variation ranging from microseconds to nanoseconds, while reason is still unclear. Apart conventional approaches such as reducing effective area, new regulating for improvement have rarely been reported. On other hand, it generally believed that ultraviolet (UV) light has negative impact on perovskite devices res...