Widespread seasonal gene expression reveals annual differences in human immunity and physiology

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Dopico, Xaquin Castro ^a   Evangelou, Marina ^a   Ferreira, Ricardo C ^a   Guo, Hui ^a   Pekalski, Marcin L ^a   Smyth, Deborah J ^a   Cooper, Nicholas ^a   Burren, Oliver S ^a   Fulford, Anthony J ^b   Hennig, Branwen J ^b   Prentice, Andrew M ^b   Ziegler, Anette G ^c   Bonifacio, Ezio ^d   Wallace, Chris ^a,e   Todd, John A ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^e MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; ARNTL PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ARNTL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BIOMARKER; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; PERIODICITY; PROTEIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RNA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; EUROPE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER; ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INFANT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; YOUNG ADULT;

GAMBIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARNTL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; GAMBIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; TRANSCRIPTOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964294900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8000     Document Type: Article

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