Genetic Associations of Obesity: The Fat-Mass and Obesity-Associated (FTO) Gene

Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages E140-

  Ehrlich, Adam C ^a   Friedenberg, Frank K ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ARID5B; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; BONE MARROW PROGENITOR CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; EPIGENETICS; FAT MASS; FTO GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IRX3 GENE; IRX5 GENE; LIPID STORAGE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS CANCER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THERMOGENESIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84964586989     PISSN: 2155384X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/CTG.2016.2     Document Type: Article

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