South Asian men have lower expression of IFN signalling genes in white adipose tissue and skeletal muscle compared with white men

Diabetologia. 2017 Dec;60(12):2525-2528. doi: 10.1007/s00125-017-4427-8. Epub 2017 Sep 8.

Andrea D van Dam^{1

2}, Mark J W Hanssen³, Robin van Eenige^{4

5}, Edwin Quinten⁶, Hetty C Sips^{4

5}, Cindy J M Hülsman³, Ingrid M Jazet⁴, Wouter D van Marken Lichtenbelt³, Tom H M Ottenhoff⁶, Mariëlle C Haks⁶, Patrick C N Rensen^{4

5}, Mariëtte R Boon^{4

5

3}

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, post zone C7Q, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, the Netherlands. a.d.van_dam@lumc.nl.
² Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden, the Netherlands. a.d.van_dam@lumc.nl.
³ Department of Human Biology & Human Movement Sciences, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, post zone C7Q, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, the Netherlands.
⁵ Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden, the Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.

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Keywords: Inflammation; Interferon signalling; Skeletal muscle; South Asians; Type 2 diabetes; White adipose tissue.

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