Part I: Mouse models of human diseases and gene transcription. 1. Genetic modifiers in rodent models of obesity / Yun Wang, Patsy M. Nishina, and J¿rgen K. Naggert -- 2. Quantitative trait loci in obesity and type II diabetes in rodents / Jung Han Kim -- 3. The human sweet tooth and its relationship to obesity / Amanda H. McDaniel and Danielle R. Reed -- 4. The adipose renin-angiotensin system: genetics, regulation, and physiologic function / Brynn H. Voy ... [et al.] -- 5. Regulation of fat synthesis and adipogenesis / Kee-Hong Kim ... [et al.] -- 6. Transcriptional regulation of energy metabolism in liver / Manabu T. Nakamura. Part II: Genomics: large-scale analysis of gene expression by microarray. 7. Design and analysis of microarray studies for obesity research / Marie-Pierre St.-Onge ... [et al.] -- 8. Solving clinical problems in nutrition research with microarrays / Steven R. Smith ... [et al.] -- 9. Genomic approaches to understanding vitamin D action / James C. Fleet -- 10. Gene expression profiling in adipose tissue / Naima Moustaid-Moussa ... [et al.] -- 11. Phytochemicals and gene expression / Orsolya Mezei and Neil F. Shay --12. Gene expression profiling of immune cells: application for understanding aging of immune cells / Sung Nim Han and Simin Nikbin Meydani -- 13. Improving the nutritional value of cereal grains using a genomic approach / Liang Shi and Tong Zhu. Part III: Proteomics: large-scale analysis of protein expression and regulation. 14. Proteomics and genomics to detail responses to extracellular stimuli / James A. Carroll and Clayton E. Mathews -- 15. 2D gel proteomics studies on leukocytes / Ivan C. Gerling and Michael J. Pabst -- 16. Proteomics: tools for nutrition research in the postgenomic era / Arthur Grider -- 17. Proteomic analysis of the adipocyte secretome / Nieves Ibarrola, Akhilesh Pandey, and Chaerkady Raghothama -- 18. Mass spectrometry strategies for proteomic studies / Maya Belghazi and Hľn̈e Rogniaux -- Bioinformatics tools / Simon M. Lin, Kimberly F. Johnson, and Seth W. Kullman -- 20. Statistical principles for analysis of array experiments / Arnold M. Saxton and E. Barry Moser.