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Name p16INK4a
Type methylation
Species Mus musculus
Tissue liver
Experiment Method Global methylation, qRT-PCR, Western blot, Methylation-sensitive high-resolution melting PCR
Up/Down Up
Pro/Anti Pro
Funtion Description Folate deficiency with age resulted in the up-regulation of proto-oncogenes (C-MYC and C-JUN) and cell cycle regulator gene Cyclin E as a result of promoter hypomethylation. However, in case of tumor suppressor genes (p53, p15ink4b and p16ink4a), the expr
Regulation Gene p16ink4a
Year 2017
Pubmed ID 29220669
Title Modulation of dietary folate with age confers selective hepatocellular epigenetic imprints through DNA methylation.
Drug 0
Disease NA
Environment Factors Folate deficiency
Circulating NA
Variant NA
High-throughput NA