The genetics of fat distribution

Diabetologia

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1276-1286

  Schleinitz, Dorit ^a   Böttcher, Yvonne ^a   Blüher, Matthias ^a   Kovacs, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Fat distribution; Genetics; GWAS

Indexed keywords

CPEB4 PROTEIN; CYTOPLASMIC POLYADENYLATION ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; HOXC13 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RSPO3 PROTEIN; TBX15 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84903534414     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-014-3214-z     Document Type: Review

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