Article
Genetic, Epigenetic, and Molecular Biology of Obesity: From Pathology to Therapeutics the Way Forward.
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - 1 Sept 2022
Banik Suranjana, Bardhan Mainak, Basak Suranjana
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is a globally expanding silent epidemic having multiple risk factors and consequences associated with it. Genetic factors have been found to be playing undeniable roles in obesity. Intermingled relationship between epigenetics, metagenomics, and the environment influences obesity traits. High precision diagnostic tools have outlined many single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), as well as many novel genes,...
Topics
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Humans
- Molecular Biology
- Pediatric Obesity
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Risk Factors