Differential coexpression analysis of obesity-associated networks in human subcutaneous adipose tissue

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-147

  Walley, A J ^a   Jacobson, P ^b   Falchi, M ^a   Bottolo, L ^a,c   Andersson, J C ^a,b   Petretto, E ^a,c   Bonnefond, A ^d   Vaillant, E ^d   Lecoeur, C ^d   Vatin, V ^d   Jernas, M ^b   Balding, D ^a,e   Petteni, M ^a   Park, Y S ^a   Aitman, T ^a   Richardson, S ^c   Sjostrom, L ^b   Carlsson, L M S ^b   Froguel, P ^a,d  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adipose tissue; eQTL; gene expression; linkage; network; sibpair

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EXPRESSION QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; GENE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NEURONAL GROWTH REGULATOR 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; STUDY DESIGN; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIBLINGS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SWEDEN; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855710418     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.22     Document Type: Article

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