Coexpression network analysis in abdominal and gluteal adipose tissue reveals regulatory genetic loci for metabolic syndrome and related phenotypes

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Min, Josine L ^a   Nicholson, George ^b   Halgrimsdottir, Ingileif ^b   Almstrup, Kristian ^c   Petri, Andreas ^c   Barrett, Amy ^d   Travers, Mary ^d   Rayner, Nigel W ^a,d   Mägi, Reedik ^a,e   Pettersson, Fredrik H ^a   Broxholme, John ^a   Neville, Matt J ^d   Wills, Quin F ^b   Cheeseman, Jane ^d   Allen, Maxine ^d   Holmes, Chris C ^a,b   Spector, Tim D ^f   Fleckner, Jan ^c   McCarthy, Mark I ^a,d   Karpe, Fredrik ^d   Lindgren, Cecilia M ^a   Zondervan, Krina T ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^d CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMERIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHENOTYPE; RARRES2 GENE; TWINS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHEMOKINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84859204533     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002505     Document Type: Article

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