DNA methylation as a future therapeutic and diagnostic target in rheumatoid arthritis

M Ciechomska, L Roszkowski, W Maslinski - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
… In this review, we highlight current challenges associated with the treatment of RA and other
autoimmune diseases and discuss how targeting DNA methylation may improve diagnostic, …

Novel diagnostic DNA methylation episignatures expand and refine the epigenetic landscapes of Mendelian disorders

MA Levy, H McConkey, J Kerkhof… - Human Genetics and …, 2022 - cell.com
disorders … to develop highly accurate and disease-specific diagnostic classifiers. This study
significantly expands the number and spectrum of disorders with detectable DNA methylation

DNA methylation-based predictors of health: applications and statistical considerations

PD Yousefi, M Suderman, R Langdon… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
… , to early detection of disease or progression in cancer, cardiovascular and neurological
disease. This Review evaluates the progress of existing DNA methylation-based predictors, …

Does DNA methylation matter in FSHD?

V Salsi, F Magdinier, R Tupler - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
… percentage of DNA methylation detected at D4Z4 does not correlate with the disease status.
… FSHD is the only human disease causally linked to copy number variation of macrosatellite …

Clinical epigenomics: genome-wide DNA methylation analysis for the diagnosis of Mendelian disorders

B Sadikovic, MA Levy, J Kerkhof, E Aref-Eshghi… - Genetics in …, 2021 - nature.com
… This study describes the implementation of diagnostic clinical genomic DNA methylation
testing in patients with rare disorders. It provides strong evidence of clinical utility of EpiSign …

DNA methylation: A potential biomarker of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

LX He, ZH Tang, QS Huang, WH Li - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
DNA methylation from peripheral blood can serve as a surrogate marker for DNA methylation
in lung tissue, which shows that it is feasible to search for cross tissue DNA methylation

Diagnostic utility of genome-wide DNA methylation testing in genetically unsolved individuals with suspected hereditary conditions

E Aref-Eshghi, EG Bend, S Colaiacovo… - … Journal of Human …, 2019 - cell.com
… In the present study, using genome-wide DNA methylation analysis, we develop a computational
model for the concurrent identification of 14 ND/CA syndromes currently known to be …

Evaluation of DNA methylation episignatures for diagnosis and phenotype correlations in 42 Mendelian neurodevelopmental disorders

E Aref-Eshghi, J Kerkhof, VP Pedro… - … Journal of Human …, 2020 - cell.com
… of published syndromes with DNA methylation episignatures and, most … and clinical
assessment in individuals affected by these disorders. … DNA methylation and human disease. …

The role of DNA methylation in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus

SAH Ahmed, SA Ansari, EPK Mensah-Brown… - Clinical …, 2020 - Springer
… DNMT1 is responsible for maintaining DNA methylation profiles during DNA replication in …
-existing DNA methylation profile from the parental DNA strands to the daughter DNA strands. …

m6A RNA Methylation Controls Neural Development and Is Involved in Human Diseases

K Du, L Zhang, T Lee, T Sun - Molecular neurobiology, 2019 - Springer
… during development of the nervous system and its association with human diseases. m 6 A
RNA … m 6 A modification in neural development and its dysregulation in human disorders. …