Epigenetics lessons from twins: Prospects for autoimmune disease

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-41

  Ballestar, Esteban ^a  

^a BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; DNA methylation; Environmental effects; Epigenetics; Monozygotic twins; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; DNA FRAGMENT; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; SOMATOMEDIN B;

CELIAC DISEASE; CPG ISLAND; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RETROELEMENTS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77954087192     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-009-8168-4     Document Type: Review

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