Analysis of the contribution of FTO, NPC1, ENPP1, NEGR1, GNPDA2 and MC4R genes to obesity in Mexican children.

Background: Recent genome wide association studies (GWAS) and previous positional linkage studies have identified more than 50 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with obesity, mostly in Europeans. We aimed to assess the contribution of some of these SNPs to obesity risk and to the variation of related metabolic traits, in Mexican children.

Methods: The association of six European obesity-related SNPs in or near FTO, NPC1, ENPP1, NEGR1, GNPDA2 and MC4R genes with risk of obesity was tested in 1,463 school-aged Mexican children (N(cases) = 514; N(controls) = 949).

Protective effect of DRB1 locus against type 2 diabetes mellitus in Mexican Mestizos.

The aim of the study was to investigate the participation of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II alleles in the expression of type 2 diabetic and in nondiabetic subjects with and without family history of diabetes. The purpose was to evaluate any HLA association and to look for different patterns of insulin resistance and insulin secretion, comparing subjects with a low probability of developing diabetes, as a result of their family history. We recruited 87 healthy subjects without family history of diabetes, 48 healthy subjects with family history, and 47 type 2 diabetic patients.

Serum and urinary insulin-like growth factor-1 and tumor necrosis factor in neonates with and without acute renal failure.

Acute renal failure (ARF) in neonates may occur after renal ischemia. Growth factors participate in the tubular regeneration process. Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is produced in the kidney during the recovery phase of ARF.