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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Michael Volkmar
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-21232 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Volkmar Michael M Dedeurwaerder Sarah S Cunha Daniel A DA Ndlovu Matladi N MN Defrance Matthieu M Deplus Rachel R Calonne Emilie E Volkmar Ute U Igoillo-Esteve Mariana M Naamane Najib N Del Guerra Silvia S Masini Matilde M Bugliani Marco M Marchetti Piero P Cnop Miriam M Eizirik Decio L DL Fuks François F
The EMBO journal 20120131 6
In addition to genetic predisposition, environmental and lifestyle factors contribute to the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Epigenetic changes may provide the link for translating environmental exposures into pathological mechanisms. In this study, we performed the first comprehensive DNA methylation profiling in pancreatic islets from T2D and non-diabetic donors. We uncovered 276 CpG loci affiliated to promoters of 254 genes displaying significant differential DNA methylation in diabeti ...[more]