Epigenetics and type II diabetes mellitus: Underlying mechanisms of prenatal predisposition

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Sterns, J David ^a   Smith, Colin B ^a   Steele, John R ^a   Stevenson, Kimberly L ^a   Gallicano, G Ian ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Histone modifications; Intrauterine development; Type II diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043216579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2014.00015     Document Type: Review

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