通过对希腊人口的研究来确定临床相关基因的新型调节效应

Konstantinos Rouskas1,2, Efthymia A Katsareli3, Charalampia Amerikanou3

  • 1Institute for Bioinnovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center 'Alexander Fleming', Vari, Greece.

BMC genomics
|August 5, 2023
PubMed
概括

这项研究在希腊脂肪组织中绘制了基因表达调节者的地图,发现了新的调节变异,并突出了环境对疾病风险的影响. 这些发现揭示了未经研究的人群中独特的遗传调节,进步了对代谢疾病机制的理解.

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