Genetics meets metabolomics: a genome-wide association study of metabolite profiles in human serum.

The rapidly evolving field of metabolomics aims at a comprehensive measurement of ideally all endogenous metabolites in a cell or body fluid. It thereby provides a functional readout of the physiological state of the human body. Genetic variants that associate with changes in the homeostasis of key...

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Main Authors: Christian Gieger, Ludwig Geistlinger, Elisabeth Altmaier, Martin Hrabé de Angelis, Florian Kronenberg, Thomas Meitinger, Hans-Werner Mewes, H-Erich Wichmann, Klaus M Weinberger, Jerzy Adamski, Thomas Illig, Karsten Suhre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2581785?pdf=render