Long-term pancreatic beta cell exposure to high levels of glucose but not palmitate induces DNA methylation within the insulin gene promoter and represses transcriptional activity.
Ishikawa K, Tsunekawa S, Ikeniwa M, Izumoto T, Iida A, Ogata H, Uenishi E, Seino Y, Ozaki N, Sugimura Y, Hamada Y, Kuroda A, Shinjo K, Kondo Y, Oiso Y. Long-term pancreatic beta cell exposure to high levels of glucose but not palmitate induces DNA methylation within the insulin gene promoter and represses transcriptional activity. PLoS One. 2015; 10(2):e0115350.