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Name SST 5'UTR and first exon/intron
Type methylation
Species Homo sapiens
Tissue Brain
Experiment Method qPCR
Up/Down Up
Pro/Anti Pro
Funtion Description Relative to the younger individuals, 10 of the 26 CpG loci in BDNF and 8 of the 9 CpG loci in SST were significantly hypermethylated in the older individuals. DNAm in BDNF exons/promoters I, II, and IV negatively correlated with BDNF expression (r=0.37, p
Regulation Gene SST
Year 2015
Pubmed ID 25881116
Title Hypermethylation of BDNF and SST Genes in the Orbital Frontal Cortex of Older Individuals: A Putative Mechanism for Declining Gene Expression with Age
Drug NA
Disease NA
Environment Factors NA
Circulating NA
Variant NA
High-throughput NA