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SUBMITTER: Tam CS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4829917 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of pediatric obesity : IJPO : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity 20110524 2-2
The aim of this study was to characterize expression profiles of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue in children. Adipose tissue samples were collected from children having elective surgery (n = 71, [54 boys], 6.0 ± 4.3 years). Affymetrix microarrays (n = 20) were performed to characterize the functional profile and identify genes of interest in adipose tissue. Visceral adipose tissue had an overrepresentation of Gene Ontology themes related to immune and inflammatory responses and subcutan ...[more]