Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation in human islets

Diabetologia

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 451-454

  Bramswig, Nuria C ^a   Kaestner, Klaus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine pancreas; Epigenetics; Epigenomics; Reprogramming; Review; Transcription

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; LIFE STYLE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84894531461     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-013-3150-3     Document Type: Review

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