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Cardiovascular disease risk factors and DNA methylation at the LINE-1 repeat region in peripheral blood from Samoan Islanders.
Epigenetics - 1 Oct 2011
Cash Haley L, McGarvey Stephen T, Houseman E Andrés, Marsit Carmen J, Hawley Nicola L, Lambert-Messerlian Geralyn M, Viali Satupaitea, Tuitele John, Kelsey Karl T
Abstract excerpt
Lower levels of LINE-1 methylation in peripheral blood have been previously associated with risk of developing non-communicable conditions, the most well-explored of these being cancer, although recent research has begun to link altered LINE-1 methylation and cardiovascular disease. We examined the relationship between LINE-1 methylation and factors associated with metabolic and cardiovascular diseases through...
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