DNA methylation variability at growth-related imprints does not contribute to overweight in monozygotic twins discordant for BMI

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1519-1522

  Souren, Nicole Y P ^a,b   Tierling, Sascha ^c   Fryns, Jean Pierre ^d   Derom, Catherine ^d   Walter, Jörn ^c   Zeegers, Maurice P ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTCF4 GENE; CTCF6 GENE; DIFFERENTIALLY METHYLATED REGION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GENE; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR BOUND PROTEIN 10 GENE; HUMAN; INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 2 GENE; MALE; MATERNALLY IMPRINTED MESODERM SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT GENE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN POLYPEPTIDE N GENE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OVERWEIGHT; SALIVA; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959650031     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2010.353     Document Type: Article

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