Epigenetic changes precede onset of diabetes
Thursday, September 10, 2020 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Epigenetic changes in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas can be detected in patients several years before the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. These changes are responsible for the altered methylation activity of specific genes which differs from that in healthy individuals. In humans, 105 such changes have been discovered in blood cells.