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Adiposity-Dependent Regulatory Effects on Multi-tissue Transcriptomes.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Sept 2016
Glastonbury Craig A, Viñuela Ana, Buil Alfonso, Halldorsson Gisli H, Thorleifsson Gudmar, Helgason Hannes, Thorsteinsdottir Unnur, Stefansson Kari, Dermitzakis Emmanouil T, Spector Tim D, Small Kerrin S
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is a global epidemic that is causally associated with a range of diseases, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, at the population-level. However, there is marked heterogeneity in obesity-related outcomes among individuals. This might reflect genotype-dependent responses to adiposity. Given that adiposity, measured by BMI, is associated with widespread changes in gene expression and...
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