ea0035p783 | Obesity | ECE2014
Kurylowicz Alina
, Jonas Marta
, Lisik Wojciech
, Jonas Maurycy
, Wicik Zofia Agnieszka
, Wierzbicki Zbigniew
, Chmura Andrzej
, Puzianowska-Kuznicka Monika
Introduction: Thermogenesis constitutes an important part of energy expenditure and its disturbances may contribute to the development of obesity. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the expression of thermogenesis-related genes differs in adipose tissues of obese and normal-weight individuals and if methylation of CpG islands located in the regulatory regions of these genes is involved in this phenomenon.Materials and methods: The expressio...