DNA methylation and gene expression patterns in adipose tissue differ significantly within young adult monozygotic BMI-discordant twin pairs

Background: Little is known about epigenetic alterations associated with subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) in obesity. Our aim was to study genome-wide DNA methylation and gene expression differences in SAT in monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs who are discordant for body mass index (BMI). This design comp...

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Veröffentlicht in:International Journal of Obesity 2016-04, Vol.40 (4), p.654-661
Hauptverfasser: Pietiläinen, K H, Ismail, K, Järvinen, E, Heinonen, S, Tummers, M, Bollepalli, S, Lyle, R, Muniandy, M, Moilanen, E, Hakkarainen, A, Lundbom, J, Lundbom, N, Rissanen, A, Kaprio, J, Ollikainen, M
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