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IGF2/H19 hypomethylation in a patient with very low birthweight, preocious pubarche and insulin resistance

BACKGROUND: Insulin like growth factor 2 (IGF2) is an imprinted gene, which has an important role in fetal growth as established in mice models. IGF2 is downregulated through hypomethylation of a differentially methylated region (DMR) in Silver Russell syndrome (SRS), characterised by growth restric...

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Autores principales: Murphy, Rinki, Ibáñez, Lourdes, Hattersley, Andrew, Tost, Jörg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22646060
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-13-42