Love Is in the Hair: Arginine Methylation of Human Hair Proteins as Novel Cardiovascular Biomarkers

    June 2021 in “ Amino acids ”
    Alistair James Marsden, David R. Riley, Stefan T Birkett … Pedro Beltrán-Álvarez
    Studysummary This study found that protein arginine methylation levels in human hair may correlate with a cardiovascular biomarker in blood, suggesting hair sampling as a potential non-invasive method for cardiovascular risk assessment.
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