Open AccessChanges in the transcriptome of abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue in response to short-term overfeeding in lean and obese men
Author(s) -
Jennifer Shea,
Curtis R. French,
Jessica Bishop,
Glynn Martin,
Barbara Roebothan,
David Pace,
Donald G. Fitzpatrick,
Guang Sun
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.2008.25970
Subject(s) - adipose tissue , medicine , endocrinology , pdk4 , obesity , biology , transcriptome , gene expression , gene , genetics
Obesity is caused by the excessive accumulation of adipose tissue as a result of a chronic energy surplus. Little is known regarding the molecular mechanisms involved in the response to an energy surplus in human adipose tissue at the genomic level.
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