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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7186
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-27
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Common human diseases result from the interplay of many genes and environmental factors. Therefore, a more integrative biology approach is needed to unravel the complexity and causes of such diseases. To elucidate the complexity of common human diseases such as obesity, we have analysed the expression of 23,720 transcripts in large population-based blood and adipose tissue cohorts comprehensively assessed for various phenotypes, including traits related to clinical obesity. In contrast to the blood expression profiles, we observed a marked correlation between gene expression in adipose tissue and obesity-related traits. Genome-wide linkage and association mapping revealed a highly significant genetic component to gene expression traits, including a strong genetic effect of proximal (cis) signals, with 50% of the cis signals overlapping between the two tissues profiled. Here we demonstrate an extensive transcriptional network constructed from the human adipose data that exhibits significant overlap with similar network modules constructed from mouse adipose data. A core network module in humans and mice was identified that is enriched for genes involved in the inflammatory and immune response and has been found to be causally associated to obesity-related traits.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1476-4687
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:BjornsdottirGydaG, pubmed-author:CarlsonSoniaS, pubmed-author:EiriksdottirGudrun HGH, pubmed-author:EmilssonValurV, pubmed-author:FossdalRagnheidurR, pubmed-author:GislasonHjortur GHG, pubmed-author:GretarsdottirSolveigS, pubmed-author:GudbjartssonDanielD, pubmed-author:GulcherJeffrey RJR, pubmed-author:GunnarsdottirSteinunnS, pubmed-author:HelgadottirAnnaA, pubmed-author:HelgasonAgnarA, pubmed-author:JonasdottirAdalbjorgA, pubmed-author:JonasdottirAslaugA, pubmed-author:KongAugustineA, pubmed-author:KristjanssonKristleifurK, pubmed-author:LambJohn RJR, pubmed-author:LeifssonBjorn GBG, pubmed-author:LeonardsonAmy SAS, pubmed-author:MagnussonKristinn PKP, pubmed-author:MouyMagaliM, pubmed-author:ReitmanMarc LML, pubmed-author:ReynisdottirIngaI, pubmed-author:SchadtEric EEE, pubmed-author:StefanssonHreinnH, pubmed-author:StefanssonKariK, pubmed-author:StefanssonTryggviT, pubmed-author:SteinthorsdottirValgerdurV, pubmed-author:StyrkarsdottirUnnurU, pubmed-author:ThorleifssonGudmarG, pubmed-author:ThorsteinsdottirUnnurU, pubmed-author:WaltersG BragiGB, pubmed-author:ZhangBinB, pubmed-author:ZhuJunJ, pubmed-author:ZinkFlorianF
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
452
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
423-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Adipose Tissue, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Blood, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Body Mass Index, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-European Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Genome, Human, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Iceland, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Lod Score, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Obesity, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Quantitative Trait Loci, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Sample Size, pubmed-meshheading:18344981-Waist-Hip Ratio
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetics of gene expression and its effect on disease.
pubmed:affiliation
deCODE genetics, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article