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Bezerra,Stephane Flaviane de Oliveira; Costa,Ludimila de Araújo; Freitas,Priscylla Alves Nascimento de; Oliveira,Naila Francis Paulo de. |
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of aging on the DNA methylation status of two genes involved in tumorigenesis (telomerase gene hTERT and DNA repair gene- MLH1) and one in metabolism (methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene- MTHFR) in oral epithelial cells. DNA methylation analysis was performed by Methylation Sensitive Restriction Enzymes (MSRE) of healthy oral epithelial cells of child (6-10 years, n=21), young (20-25 years, n=19) and elderly (over 60 years, n=25). The results for the hTERT gene showed significant variation in the methylation frequency at CpG dinucleotides among the groups (p=0.0001), with the methylated condition more frequently in children and young people. In relation to MLH1 and MTHFR, no differences were... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Epigenetic; DNA methylation; Aging; DNA repair; Telomerase; MTHFR. |
Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132015000100082 |
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