Epigenetics, the life-course and metabolic disease

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 74-76

  Gluckman, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; LIFE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; LIFE; METABOLIC DISEASES; METABOLISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856462758     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2011.226     Document Type: Review

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