Phospholipid Biosynthesis Genes and Susceptibility to Obesity: Analysis of Expression and Polymorphisms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Sharma, Neeraj K ^a   Langberg, Kurt A ^a   Mondal, Ashis K ^a   Das, Swapan K ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLINE PHOSPHATE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE 1A GENE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; ETHANOLAMINE PHOSPHATE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE 2 GENE; FAT MASS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRON; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE SYNTHASE 2 GENE; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; REGULATOR GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UPREGULATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RNA, MESSENGER; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878399744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065303     Document Type: Article

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