N. V. Carobin, Rubatino, F. V. M., Freitas, M. L., de Oliveira, V. T., Pietra, R. X., Bosco, A. A., and Jehee, F. S.,
“Methylation profile of SNRPN gene and its correlation with weight and chronological age”, vol. 14, pp. 13791-13798, 2015.
Genomic imprinting is an important epigenetic phenomenon, wherein genes or gene clusters are marked by DNA methylation during gametogenesis. This plays a major role in several functions of normal cells, including cell differentiation, X chromosome inactivation, and the maintenance of chromatin structure, in mammalian development. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible differences in SNRPN gene methylation profiles in non-obese and obese individuals, and in children and adults.