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Caroline Ho
Researcher at Boston Children's Hospital
Publications - 1
Citations - 231
Caroline Ho is an academic researcher from Boston Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Receptor & Cyclic adenosine monophosphate. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 192 citations.
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Loss of function of the melanocortin 2 receptor accessory protein 2 is associated with mammalian obesity.
Masato Asai,Masato Asai,Shwetha Ramachandrappa,Maria Joachim,Yuan Shen,Rong Zhang,Nikhil Nuthalapati,Visali Ramanathan,David E. Strochlic,Peter R. Ferket,Kirsten Linhart,Caroline Ho,Tatiana V. Novoselova,Sumedha Garg,Martin Ridderstråle,Claude Marcus,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Keogh Jm,Stephen O'Rahilly,Li F. Chan,Adrian J. L. Clark,I. Sadaf Farooqi,Joseph A. Majzoub +23 more
TL;DR: The physiological role of brain-expressed melanocortin 2 receptor accessory protein 2 (MRAP2) is investigated, and four rare, potentially pathogenic genetic variants in MRAP2 are found, suggesting that the gene may also contribute to body weight regulation in humans.