The interaction of genetic and epigenetic mechanisms is one of the underlying causes of phenotypic variability in diseases like type 2 diabetes. The authors identified the methylation-dependent CpG-SNP in the MTHFD1 gene as a regulator of allele-specific gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, which may perturb one-carbon metabolism in diabetes.
- Manik Vohra
- Prabha Adhikari
- Padmalatha S. Rai