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December 21, 2016
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1Department of Pediatrics, IU Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disease,Indiana University School of Medicine, 2Department of Pediartics, Omaha Children’s Hospital and Medical Center,University of Nebraska Medical Center, 3Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Cellular and Integrative Physiology, IU Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disease,Indiana University School of Medicine, 4Indiana Biosciences Research Institute
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Islet β cell death precedes development of type 1 diabetes, and detecting this process may allow for early therapeutic intervention. Here, we provide a detailed description of how to measure differentially methylated INS DNA species in human serum as a biomarker of β cell death.
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Tersey, S. A., Nelson, J. B., Fisher, M. M., Mirmira, R. G. Measurement of Differentially Methylated INS DNA Species in Human Serum Samples as a Biomarker of Islet β Cell Death. J. Vis. Exp. (118), e54838, doi:10.3791/54838 (2016).
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