DNA was extracted with the QIAmp DNA blood mini kit (Qiagen, Venlo, The Netherlands) and bisulfite converted (BC) using the Zymo Research EZ DNA MethylationTM Kit (using the 50-column or 96-well formats; Zymo Research, Irvine, CA).
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The reagents were supplied in the form of chromogen, enzyme-buffer and standard kit using the method of Koracevic et al. (2001) for total antioxidant capacity.
Dielectric properties were determined using a vector network analyzer and dielectric probe kit using the open-ended coaxial probe method in the frequency range of 300 MHz to 3 GHz.
The reagents were supplied in the form of chromogen, enzyme-buffer and standard kit using the method of Satoh et al. (1978) as modified by Ohkawa et al. (1979).
ATPase assay used the ADP-Glo Kinase Assay kit using the manufacturer's guidelines (Promega Inc).
tissue extraction kit using the Gram-positive bacteria protocol, according to the manufacturer's protocol.
Chromatin Immunoprecipitations were carried out with the EZ ChIP (Upstate #17-371) kit using the manufacturer's instructions.
PCR was performed using TaqMan Assay-on-Demand kit, using the manufacturer's sequence-specific primers for each gene and Stratagene Mx3000P QPCR System.
Serum glucose concentrations were measured by a commercially available kit using the glucose oxidase method (Pointe Scientific Inc., Canton, MI, USA), and insulin levels were measured by an ultra sensitive rat insulin ELISA (Crystal Chem Inc., Downers Grove, IL, USA).
