Paulina Baca, Francisco Barajas-Olmos, Elaheh Mirzaeicheshmeh, Carlos Zerrweck, Lizbeth Guilbert, Ernesto Carlos Sánchez, Marlen Flores-Huacuja, Rafael Villafán, Angélica Martínez-Hernández, Humberto García-Ortiz, Cecilia Contreras-Cubas, Federico Centeno-Cruz, Lorena Orozco
BACKGROUND: Obesity is accompanied by excess adipose fat storage, which may lead to adipose dysfunction, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Currently, the tendency to develop T2D in obesity cannot be explained by genetic variation alone-epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, might be involved. Here, we aimed to identify changes in DNA methylation and gene expression in visceral adipose tissue (VAT) that might underlie T2D susceptibility in patients with obesity. METHODS: We investigated DNA methylation and gene expression in VAT biopsies from 19 women with obesity, without (OND = 9) or with T2D (OD = 10)...
December 19, 2022: Nutrition & Diabetes