Valur Emilsson1, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Bin Zhang

  • 1deCODE genetics, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland.

Nature
|March 18, 2008
PubMed
まとめ

脂肪組織における遺伝子発現の研究は,肥満との強い関連性を明らかにした. 炎症および免疫反応を含むコアネットワークモジュールは,ヒトとマウスの肥満に関連する特徴と因果的に関連しています.

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