Surrounding greenness and biological aging based on DNA methylation: a twin and family study in Australia

R Xu, S Li, S Li, EM Wong, MC Southey… - Environmental …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
… All AMDTSS participants with DNA methylation measurements were eligible for the present
… , including 66 monozygotic twin pairs, 66 dizygotic twin pairs, and 215 sisters of these twins. …

Pre-diagnosis blood DNA methylation profiling of twin pairs discordant for breast cancer points to the importance of environmental risk

HF Bode, L He, J Hjelmborg, J Kaprio, M Ollikainen - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
DNA methylation (DNAm) presents a promising opportunity for additional information, as it
… obtained from 32 monozygotic (MZ)and 76 dizygotic (DZ) female twin pairs discordant for …

Epigenetic Findings in Twins with Esophageal Atresia

M Błoch, P Gasperowicz, S Gerus, K Rasiewicz… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
… are important factors that can interfere with DNA methylation studies, an additional analysis
of … In summary, significantly distinct DNA methylation profiles were observed in samples …

Characterization of DNA methylation-based markers for human body fluid identification in forensics: a critical review

F Kader, M Ghai, AO Olaniran - International journal of legal medicine, 2020 - Springer
… status of reported DNA methylation-based markers and their verification studies. Such
thorough investigation is crucial to develop a stable panel of DNA methylation-based markers for …

Clinical, histological, cytogenetic and molecular analysis of monozygous twins with wilms tumor

K Iwańczyk, B Czachowski, P Sosnowska-Sienkiewicz… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
… Analysis of imprinted DNA methylation was performed at the following loci: DIRAS3 (1p31);
PLAGL1 (6q24); GRB10 (7p12); PEG1/MEST (7q32); KCNQ1OT1/H19/IGF2 DMRO (11p15); …

The utility of twins for epigenetic analysis

R Saffery, JT Bell - Epigenetic Epidemiology, 2022 - Springer
… Early studies involving twins estimated the heritability of DNA methylation profiles both at
specific genes [11, 15] and across the genome [4, 16]. The average heritability of …

Stochastic epigenetic mutations as possible explanation for phenotypical discordance among twins with congenital hypothyroidism

D Gentilini, M Muzza, T de Filippis, MC Vigone… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
… However, no differences in methylation profileDNA methylation analysis in the peripheral
whole blood from a large cohort of CH twins, 23 twin pairs (10 monozygotic and 13 dizygotic), …

Personality and MB-COMT gene: molecular-genetic and epigenetic associations with NEO-PI-R personality domains and facets in monozygotic twins

D Mitrovic, S Smederevac, L Delgado-Cruzata… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
DNA methylation (DNAm) and the personality traits outlined in the NEO-PI-R model through
an epigenetic study of monozygotic twins. … the genetic similarities of monozygotic twins, this …

Disentangling age-dependent DNA methylation: deterministic, stochastic, and nonlinear

O Vershinina, MG Bacalini, A Zaikin, C Franceschi… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
… First, we identify the probes, in which DNA methylation variability significantly changes with
age (age-associated variably methylated positions, aVMPs) both in GSE87571 and SATSA …

New insights into the (epi) genetics of twinning

J van Dongen, N Hubers, DI Boomsma - Human Reproduction, 2024 - academic.oup.com
… Secondly, we discuss recent findings from epigenetic studies showing that MZ twins carry
a distinct DNA methylation signature. This signature might lead to novel insights into the …