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DNA Methylation in Autoimmune Thyroid Disease.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 15 Feb 2023
Lafontaine Nicole, Wilson Scott G, Walsh John P
Abstract excerpt
Graves disease and Hashimoto disease form part of the spectrum of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD), to which genetic and environmental factors are recognized contributors. Epigenetics provides a potential link between environmental influences, gene expression, and thyroid autoimmunity. DNA methylation (DNAm) is the best studied epigenetic process, and global hypomethylation of leukocyte DNA is reported in...
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