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ReviewDiabetes research and clinical practice2017

Epigenetic control of β-cell function and failure.

Diana Bernstein, Maria L Golson, Klaus H Kaestner

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Review in Diabetes research and clinical practice, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Beyond cancer: the case for natural product-derived dual DNMT1/HDAC3 modulators in diabetic epigenetic therapy and the need for DFT-guided computational refinement.Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents · 2026
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  6. The effects ofJournal of developmental origins of health and disease · 2021
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  8. Modeling different types of diabetes using human pluripotent stem cells.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2021
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  14. Gene-Diet Interactions in Type 2 Diabetes: The Chicken and Egg Debate.International journal of molecular sciences · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Diana BernsteinDepartment of Genetics and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Maria L GolsonDepartment of Genetics and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Klaus H KaestnerDepartment of Genetics and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: kaestner@mail.med.upenn.edu.

Funding

Regulation and function of the MEG3 locus in human beta-cellsR01DK088383 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KAESTNER, KLAUS H · 2010 to 2018
$4.8M
Epigenetic Rejuvenation of Human Beta-CellsUC4DK104119 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GLASER, BENJAMIN, KAESTNER, KLAUS H · 2014 to 2014
$3.6M
RESEARCH REGULATION OF MATURE BETA CELL FUNCTION BY THE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXM1R01DK110183 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GOLSON, MARIA L · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK088383NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK110183NIDDK NIH HHS UC4 DK104119
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes is a highly heritable disease, but only ∼15% of this heritability can be explained by known genetic variant loci. In fact, body mass index is more predictive of diabetes than any of the common risk alleles identified by genome-wide association studies. This discrepancy may be explained by epigenetic inheritance, whereby changes in gene regulation can be passed along to offspring. Epigenetic changes throughout an organism's lifetime, based on environmental factors such as chemical exposures, diet, physical activity, and age, can also affect gene expression and susceptibility to diabetes. Recently, novel genome-wide assays of epigenetic marks have resulted in a greater understanding of how genetics, epigenetics, and the environment interact in the development and inheritance of diabetes.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood GlucoseCell DifferentiationDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Epigenesis, GeneticGene Expression RegulationGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansInheritance PatternsInsulin-Secreting CellsBlood GlucoseDiabetesEpigeneticsMethylomeβ-cell

Identifiers

PMID27918975
PMCPMC5250585

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