Aberrant methylation underlies insulin gene expression in human insulinoma

Autor: Esra Karakose, Huan Wang, William Inabnet, Rajesh V. Thakker, Steven Libutti, Gustavo Fernandez-Ranvier, Hyunsuk Suh, Mark Stevenson, Yayoi Kinoshita, Michael Donovan, Yevgeniy Antipin, Yan Li, Xiaoxiao Liu, Fulai Jin, Peng Wang, Andrew Uzilov, Carmen Argmann, Eric E. Schadt, Andrew F. Stewart, Donald K. Scott, Luca Lambertini
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18839-1
Popis: Insulinomas are rare, benign beta cell tumours which overproduce insulin and have been associated to epigenetic alterations. Here the authors characterise insulinoma methylomes, finding changes in promoter methylation and chromatin structure proposed to drive the pathological expression of insulin.
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