Can proopiomelanocortin methylation be used as an early predictor of metabolic syndrome?

Diabetes Care

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 734-739

  Yoo, Jae Young ^a   Lee, Sangmi ^a   Lee, Hye Ah ^b   Park, Hyesook ^b   Park, Yoon Jung ^a   Ha, Eun Hee ^b   Kim, Young Ju ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POMC GENE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYROSEQUENCING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WEIGHT INDEX; Z SCORE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FETUS BLOOD; MATERNAL AGE; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INSULIN; MATERNAL AGE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METHYLATION; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEOUL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84896701539     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc13-1012     Document Type: Article

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