Diabetes medication associates with DNA methylation of metformin transporter genes in the human liver
Abstract Background Given that metformin is the most common pharmacological therapy for type 2 diabetes, understanding the function of this drug is of great importance. Hepatic metformin transporters are responsible for the pharmacologic action of metformin. However, epigenetics in genes encoding me...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Clinical Epigenetics |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13148-017-0400-0 |