association of human adipose angiotensinogen gene expression with abdominal fat distribution in obesity

• Published in: International Journal of Obesity Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 673 - 678
• Main Authors: Harmelen, V. van, Elizalde, M, Ariapart, P, Bergstedt-Lindqvist, S, Reynisdottir, S, Hoffstedt, J, Lundkvist, I, Bringman, S, Arner, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 01.06.2000
• Subjects: Abdomen; abdominal fat; Adipocytes; Adipose tissue; Adipose Tissue - metabolism; Adipose Tissue - pathology; Adult; angiotensinogen; Angiotensinogen - genetics; Atherosclerosis; bariatric surgery; Biopsy; Body Composition; Body Constitution; Body fat; Body Mass Index; correlation; Female; Gastrointestinal surgery; Gastroplasty; Gene Expression; genes; Hospitals; Humans; Hypertension; Male; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; men; messenger RNA; metabolic diseases; Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity - genetics; Obesity - surgery; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; ribosomal RNA; RNA, Messenger - analysis; RNA, Ribosomal, 18S - analysis; waist-to-hip ratio; Weight control; weight loss; women; Sweden

OBJECTIVE: To investigate in obese subjects the relationship between angiotensinogen gene expression in the abdominal omental and subcutaneous adipose tissue on the one hand and body fat distribution as measured by waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) on the other hand and to compare angiotensinogen gene expres...