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Epigenetic histone H3 lysine 9 methylation in metabolic memory and inflammatory phenotype of vascular smooth muscle cells in diabetes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Jul 2008
Villeneuve Louisa M, Reddy Marpadga A, Lanting Linda L, Wang Mei, Meng Li, Natarajan Rama
Abstract excerpt
Diabetic patients continue to develop inflammation and vascular complications even after achieving glycemic control. This poorly understood "metabolic memory" phenomenon poses major challenges in treating diabetes. Recent studies demonstrate a link between epigenetic changes such as chromatin histone lysine methylation and gene expression. We hypothesized that H3 lysine-9 tri-methylation (H3K9me3), a key...
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