Epigenome-wide profiling of DNA methylation in paired samples of adipose tissue and blood

Epigenetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 227-236

  Huang, Yen Tsung ^a   Chu, Su ^a   Loucks, Eric B ^a   Lin, Chien Ling ^b   Eaton, Charles B ^c   Buka, Stephen L ^a   Kelsey, Karl T ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; blood; body mass index; DNA methylation; epigenomics; FASN (fatty acid synthase); HIF3A (hypoxia inducible factor 3; principal component analysis; surrogate markers

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING; DIFFERENTIATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; TARGET ORGAN; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; BODY MASS; CPG ISLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FASN PROTEIN, HUMAN; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; HIF3A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOMARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE, TYPE I; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84961588364     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2016.1146853     Document Type: Article

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