Genetic Effects on DNA Methylation and Its Potential Relevance for Obesity in Mexican Americans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Carless, Melanie A ^a   Kulkarni, Hemant ^a   Kos, Mark Z ^a   Charlesworth, Jac ^a,b   Peralta, Juan M ^a   Göring, Harald H H ^a   Curran, Joanne E ^a   Almasy, Laura ^a   Dyer, Thomas D ^a   Comuzzie, Anthony G ^a   Mahaney, Michael C ^a   Blangero, John ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 6; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; JANUS KINASE 3; MYOD1 PROTEIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR Y;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARHGAP9 GENE; ARTICLE; CASP6 GENE; CDKN2A GENE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FRZB GENE; FZD9 GENE; GENE; GENETIC REGULATION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HISPANIC; HOXA5 GENE; HSD17B12 GENE; HUMAN; JAK3 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEST GENE; MYOD1 GENE; NPY GENE; OBESITY; PEG3 GENE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMARCB1 GENE;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASPASE 6; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84884158851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073950     Document Type: Article

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