Genetic regulation of human adipose microRNA expression and its consequences for metabolic traits

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2013, Pages

  Civelek, Mete ^a   Hagopian, Raffi ^a   Pan, Calvin ^a   Che, Nam ^a   Yang, Wen pin ^c   Kayne, Paul S ^c   Saleem, Niyas K ^d   Cederberg, Henna ^d   Kuusisto, Johanna ^d   Gargalovic, Peter S ^c   Kirchgessner, Todd G ^c   Laakso, Markku ^d   Lusis, Aldons J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICRORNAS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84880254076     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt159     Document Type: Article

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