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| Title |
DNA methylation links genetics, fetal environment, and an unhealthy lifestyle to the development of type 2 diabetes
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| Published in |
Clinical Epigenetics, October 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13148-017-0399-2 |
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| Authors |
Emma Nilsson, Charlotte Ling |
| Abstract |
Type 2 diabetes is a complex trait with both environmental and hereditary factors contributing to the overall pathogenesis. One link between genes, environment, and disease is epigenetics influencing gene transcription and, consequently, organ function. Genome-wide studies have shown altered DNA methylation in tissues important for glucose homeostasis including pancreas, liver, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue from subjects with type 2 diabetes compared with nondiabetic controls. Factors predisposing for type 2 diabetes including an adverse intrauterine environment, increasing age, overweight, physical inactivity, a family history of the disease, and an unhealthy diet have all shown to affect the DNA methylation pattern in target tissues for insulin resistance in humans. Epigenetics including DNA methylation may therefore improve our understanding of the type 2 diabetes pathogenesis, contribute to development of novel treatments, and be a useful tool to identify individuals at risk for developing the disease. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Norway | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 140 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 140 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 30 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 15% |
| Researcher | 11 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 23 | 16% |
| Unknown | 37 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 34 | 24% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 22 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 5% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 15 | 11% |
| Unknown | 47 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 May 2023.
All research outputs
#6,023,895
of 24,254,113 outputs
Outputs from Clinical Epigenetics
#386
of 1,359 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#91,043
of 326,731 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Clinical Epigenetics
#7
of 27 outputs
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