Obesity related methylation changes in DNA of peripheral blood leukocytes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Despite evidence linking obesity to impaired immune function, little is known about the specific mechanisms. Because of emerging evidence that immune responses are epigenetically regulated, we hypothesized that DNA methylation change...

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Main Authors: Harshfield Gregory, Munn David, Su Shaoyong, Snieder Harold, Zhu Haidong, Wang Xiaoling, Maria Bernard L, Dong Yanbin, Treiber Frank, Gutin Bernard, Shi Huidong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/8/87