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Methylation levels of the TNFA gene are different between Graves' and Hashimoto's diseases and influenced by the TNFA polymorphism.
Autoimmunity - 1 May 2018
Morita Emi, Watanabe Mikio, Inoue Naoya, Hashimoto Hidemi, Haga Emi, Hidaka Yoh, Iwatani Yoshinori
Abstract excerpt
Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's disease (HD) are different pathological types of autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs). However, the epigenetic differences between these diseases have not been elucidated. DNA methylation is one of the primary epigenetic modifications that reflect environmental influences on gene expression. In this study, we evaluated the methylation status of six CpG sites in the TNFA...
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