FTO GENE POLYMORPHISMS ASSOCIATED TO OBESITY AND/OR TYPE II DIABETES

摘要

The present invention provides means and methods for risk assessment and/or diagnosis and/or prognosis of obesity and/or type Il diabetes in humans, based on the detection of nucleic acid biomarkers belonging to, or associated with, a set of SNPs in the fatso (FTO) gene. The present invention also provides means and methods for identifying a SNP haplotype associated with obesity and/or type Il diabetes susceptibility in humans, for selecting pharmaceutical agents useful in prevention and/or treatment of obesity and/or type Il diabetes in humans, for haplotyping the fatso (FTO) gene in humans.