T2DM: Why Epigenetics?

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="647514.fig.001a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jnme/volume-2011/647514/figures/647514.fig.001a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Methionine metabolism and DNA methylation</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="647514.fig.001b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jnme/volume-2011/647514/figures/647514.fig.001b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>DNA methylation in a gene promoter region</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="647514.fig.001c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jnme/volume-2011/647514/figures/647514.fig.001c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Histone acetylation plays an important role in the regulation of gene expression</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Schematic figure of epigenetic regulation mechanisms.</table>

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T2DM: Why Epigenetics?

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