Androgen receptor function links human sexual dimorphism to DNA methylation.

Sex differences are well known to be determinants of development, health and disease. Epigenetic mechanisms are also known to differ between men and women through X-inactivation in females. We hypothesized that epigenetic sex differences may also result from sex hormone functions, in particular from...

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Main Authors: Ole Ammerpohl, Susanne Bens, Mahesh Appari, Ralf Werner, Bernhard Korn, Stenvert L S Drop, Frans Verheijen, Yvonne van der Zwan, Trevor Bunch, Ieuan Hughes, Martine Cools, Felix G Riepe, Olaf Hiort, Reiner Siebert, Paul-Martin Holterhus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24023855/pdf/?tool=EBI