Extent, causes, and consequences of small RNA expression variation in human adipose tissue.

Small RNAs are functional molecules that modulate mRNA transcripts and have been implicated in the aetiology of several common diseases. However, little is known about the extent of their variability within the human population. Here, we characterise the extent, causes, and effects of naturally occu...

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Main Authors: Leopold Parts, Åsa K Hedman, Sarah Keildson, Andrew J Knights, Cei Abreu-Goodger, Martijn van de Bunt, José Afonso Guerra-Assunção, Nenad Bartonicek, Stijn van Dongen, Reedik Mägi, James Nisbet, Amy Barrett, Mattias Rantalainen, Alexandra C Nica, Michael A Quail, Kerrin S Small, Daniel Glass, Anton J Enright, John Winn, MuTHER Consortium, Panos Deloukas, Emmanouil T Dermitzakis, Mark I McCarthy, Timothy D Spector, Richard Durbin, Cecilia M Lindgren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3349731?pdf=render