Extensive demethylation of normally hypermethylated CpG islands occurs in human atherosclerotic arteries

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 691-700

  Castillo Díaz, Silvia A ^a   Garay Sevilla, María E ^a   Hernández González, Martha A ^b   Solís Martínez, Martha O ^a   Zaina, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; CpG island; DNA methylation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENOME, HUMAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTOR, NOTCH1; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 77957873477     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm_00000515     Document Type: Article

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