DNA methylation of FKBP5 in South African women: associations with obesity and insulin resistance

202019 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

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Tarryn Willmer · South African Medical Research Council

Julia H. Goedecke · Sports Science Institute of South Africa

Stephanie Dias · South African Medical Research Council

Carmen Pheiffer · Stellenbosch University

Abstract

These findings associate dysregulated FKBP5 methylation and mRNA expression with obesity and insulin resistance in South African women. Additional studies are required to assess the longitudinal association of FKBP5 with obesity and associated co-morbidities in large population-based samples.

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Published in: Clinical Epigenetics

Volume 12, Issue 1, pp. 141-141

DOI: 10.1186/s13148-020-00932-3

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DNA methylation of FKBP5 in South African women: associations with obesity and insulin resistance

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