Chromatin landscape and epigenetic biomarkers for clinical diagnosis and prognosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Eralda Asllanaj, Carolina Ochoa-Rosales, Marija Glisic, Jana Nano, Taulant Muka, Oscar H. Franco

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Abstract

Type 2 diabetes and its accompanying complications constitute a major health burden worldwide, which can be partly attributed to the interplay between genetics and environments. Extensive research over the last decades has shown that our genome is not the only determinant of disease risk. Epigenetic marks induced by lifestyle and environmental factors are associated with altered gene expression patterns in important tissues, leading to altered susceptibility to disease later in life. Hence, the identification of epigenetic biomarkers unfolds the possibility for a novel personalized disease prevention strategy and at the same time holds the potential to be a promising prognostic tool for diabetes. So far, evidence on the predictive value of epigenetics in diabetes management is very limited. Unlike in cancer pathology, where examples of important epigenetic tools are now widely used in clinical practice as predictive/diagnostic biomarkers, for complex pathophysiological diseases such as diabetes, this still remains a challenge. These topics are discussed extensively in this chapter.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPrognostic Epigenetics
PublisherElsevier
Pages289-324
Number of pages36
ISBN (Electronic)9780128142592
ISBN (Print)9780128142608
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Biomarkers
  • DNA methylation
  • Diabetes complications
  • Diabetes prognosis
  • Epigenetics
  • Histone modification
  • Risk prediction
  • Type 2 diabetes

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