Two strategies to identify genes underlying complex diseases

Current Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 551-561

  Lei, Shu Feng ^a   Wu, Shan ^a   Dvornyk, Volodymyr ^b   Deng, Hong Wen ^a,c  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex disease; Gene identification; Microarray; Obesity; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; ROSIGLITAZONE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2;

BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; META ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OBESITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEOMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SERIAL ANALYSIS OF GENE EXPRESSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 29944445973     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920205775067710     Document Type: Review

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