The pathogenesis of obesity from a genomic and systems biology perspective

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 113-126

  Levian, Candace ^a   Ruiz, Esmeralda ^a   Yang, Xia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental risks; Epigenome; Exercise; Genetic risks; Genomics; High caloric diets; Integrative genomics; Obesity; Obesogen; Systems biology; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OBESOGEN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HERITABILITY; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84902081396     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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