COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO OBESITY AND FOR ENHANCING ADIPOGENESIS

摘要

The present invention provides compositions and methods for identifying a subject as having a genetic predisposition to obesity or at risk of developing obesity. The present invention also provides compositions and methods for expressing a CREBRF polypeptide of the invention in a cell or precursor thereof and cells expressing a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CREBRF polypeptide of the invention.