Can the FUT 2 Gene Variant Have an Effect on the Body Weight of Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery?-Preliminary, Exploratory Study.

Natalia KomorniakAlexandra Martynova-Van KleyArmen NalianWiktoria WardziukiewiczKarolina Skonieczna-ŻydeckaDaniel StyburskiJoanna PalmaBartosz KowalewskiKrzysztof KasejaEwa Stachowska

Published in: Nutrients (2020)

The increased concentrations of propionate observed among the GG variants of FUT 2 may be used as an additional source of energy for the patient and may have a higher risk of increasing the WHR than carriers of the other variants (GA and AA).

Keyphrases

body weight
copy number
bariatric surgery
patients undergoing
pet ct
weight loss
genome wide
gene expression