Integrated analysis of DNA methylation profile of HLA-G gene and imaging in coronary heart disease: Pilot study.
Concetta SchianoGiuditta BenincasaTeresa InfanteMonica FranzeseRossana CastaldoCarmela FioritoGelsomina MansuetoVincenzo GrimaldiGiovanni Della ValleGerardo FatoneAndrea SoricelliGiovanni Francesco NicolettiAntonio RuoccoCiro MauroMarco SalvatoreClaudio NapoliPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Reduced levels of circulating HLA-G molecules could derive from epigenetic marks. Epigenetics phenomena induce hypomethylation of specific regions into 5'UTR-CpG island of HLA-G gene in CHD patients with obstructive non critical stenosis vs coronary stenosis individuals.