Minireview: Epigenetics of obesity and diabetes in humans

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1025-1030

  Slomko, Howard ^a   Heo, Hye J ^a   Einstein, Francine H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; SOMATOMEDIN B;

BODY MASS; CPG ISLAND; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPMAP PROJECT; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; OBESITY;

EID: 84857437426     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-1759     Document Type: Short Survey

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