Longitudinal weight differences, gene expression and blood biomarkers in BMI-discordant identical twins

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 899-909

  Van Dongen, J ^a,b   Willemsen, G ^a,b   Heijmans, B T ^c   Neuteboom, J ^d   Kluft, C ^d   Jansen, R ^b   Penninx, B W J ^b   Slagboom, P E ^c   De Geus, E J C ^a,b   Boomsma, D I ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Good Biomarker Sciences   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; RNA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TNF PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RNA EXTRACTION; SELF CONCEPT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WEIGHT VARIATION; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; NETHERLANDS; TWINS;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIFE STYLE; LIPIDS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84930757981     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2015.24     Document Type: Article

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