Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics
Center for Nephrology and Metabolic Disorders
The AGRP gene encodes a protein that is involved in signal transduction from melanocortin-3 and melanocortin-4 receptors. Mutations cause autosomal dominant late onset obesity or leanness.
| Clinic | Method | Carrier testing |
| Turnaround | 5 days | |
| Specimen type | genomic DNA |
| Clinic | Method | Massive parallel sequencing |
| Turnaround | 25 days | |
| Specimen type | genomic DNA |
| Research | Method | Genomic sequencing of the entire coding region |
| Turnaround | 25 days | |
| Specimen type | genomic DNA |
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Kitamura T et al. (2006) Forkhead protein FoxO1 mediates Agrp-dependent effects of leptin on food intake. 
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Shutter JR et al. (1997) Hypothalamic expression of ART, a novel gene related to agouti, is up-regulated in obese and diabetic mutant mice.
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Ollmann MM et al. (1997) Antagonism of central melanocortin receptors in vitro and in vivo by agouti-related protein.
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Graham M et al. (1997) Overexpression of Agrt leads to obesity in transgenic mice.
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Katsuki A et al. (2001) Plasma levels of agouti-related protein are increased in obese men.
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Brown AM et al. (2001) The gene structure and minimal promoter of the human agouti related protein.
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Argyropoulos G et al. (2002) A polymorphism in the human agouti-related protein is associated with late-onset obesity.
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Marks DL et al. (2004) Ala67Thr polymorphism in the Agouti-related peptide gene is associated with inherited leanness in humans.
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Luquet S et al. (2005) NPY/AgRP neurons are essential for feeding in adult mice but can be ablated in neonates.
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Andrews ZB et al. (2008) UCP2 mediates ghrelin's action on NPY/AgRP neurons by lowering free radicals.
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Atasoy D et al. (2012) Deconstruction of a neural circuit for hunger.
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Krashes MJ et al. (2014) An excitatory paraventricular nucleus to AgRP neuron circuit that drives hunger.
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OMIM.ORG article Omim 602311
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NCBI article NCBI 181
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Wikipedia article Wikipedia EN (Agouti-related_peptide)
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