Early DNA methylation changes in children developing beta cell autoimmunity at a young age.
Inna StarskaiaEssi LaajalaToni GrönroosTaina HärkönenSini JunttilaRoosa KattelusHenna KallionpääAsta LaihoVeronika SuniVallo TillmannRiikka J LundLaura L EloHarri LähdesmäkiOlli H LaitinenUbaid Ullah KalimRiitta LahesmaaPublished in: Diabetologia (2022)
These preliminary results provide novel insights into cell type-specific differential epigenetic regulation of genes, which may contribute to type 1 diabetes pathogenesis at the very early stage of disease development. Should these findings be validated, they may serve as a potential signature useful for disease prediction and management.