Inflammatory signatures distinguish metabolic health in African American women with obesity

Gerald V. Denis; Paola Sebastiani; Kimberly A. Bertrand; Katherine J. Strissel; Anna H. Tran; Jaromir Slama; Nilton D. Medina; Guillaume Andrieu; Julie R. Palmer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0196755

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Inflammatory signatures distinguish metabolic health in African American women with obesity

Gerald V. Denis ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: gdenis@bu.edu

Affiliations Cancer Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9886-0401

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Paola Sebastiani,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kimberly A. Bertrand,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Katherine J. Strissel,

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Cancer Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Anna H. Tran,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cancer Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4719-8507

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Jaromir Slama,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Nilton D. Medina,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Guillaume Andrieu,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cancer Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Julie R. Palmer

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Inflammatory signatures distinguish metabolic health in African American women with obesity

Gerald V. Denis,
Paola Sebastiani,
Kimberly A. Bertrand,
Katherine J. Strissel,
Anna H. Tran,
Jaromir Slama,
Nilton D. Medina,
Guillaume Andrieu,
Julie R. Palmer

Published: May 8, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196755

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