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Association of RASgrf1 methylation with epileptic seizures.
Oncotarget - 11 Jul 2017
Chen Xiaoni, Peng Xi, Wang Liang, Fu Xinwei, Zhou Ji Xiu, Zhu Binglin, Luo Jing, Wang Xuefeng, Xiao Zheng
Abstract excerpt
DNA methylation, one of the mechanisms of epigenetic regulation, has been suggested to be related with epilepsy. RASgrf1 is a paternally imprinted gene and has a differentially methylated region (DMR) at the promoter that can silence gene expression. We have previously observed the down-regulation of RASgrf1 in the temporal neocortex of epilepsy patients and in the hippocampus of epileptic animals. Here, we...
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