DNA Methylation, Smooth Muscle Cells, and Atherogenesis
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DNA methylation, smooth muscle cells, and atherogenesis.
DNA methylation is a form of epigenetic modification of the genome that can regulate gene expression. Hypermethylation of CpG islands in the promoter areas leads to decreased gene expression, whereas promoters of actively transcribed genes remain nonmethylated. Because of cellular proliferation and monoclonality of at least some of the lesion cells, atherosclerotic lesions have been compared wi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1079-5642,1524-4636
DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000092871.30563.41