Association between TNF-α promoter G-308A and G-238A polymorphisms and obesity

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 825-829

  Hedayati, M ^a   Sharifi, K ^a   Rostami, F ^a   Daneshpour, M S ^a   Zarif Yeganeh, M ^a   Azizi, F ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

BMI; Obesity; Polymorphism; TNF

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; CHOLESTEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HARDY WEINBERQ EQUILIBRIUM; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PROMOTER REGION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA GENE; BLOOD; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAN; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRIGLYCERIDES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84860316320     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0804-4     Document Type: Article

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