DNA methylation contributes to natural human variation

H Heyn, S Moran, I Hernando-Herraez… - Genome …, 2013 - genome.cshlp.org
DNA methylation patterns are important for establishing cell, tissue, and organism
phenotypes, but little is known about their contribution to natural human variation. To …

[HTML][HTML] Extensive sequence-influenced DNA methylation polymorphism in the human genome

A Hellman, A Chess - Epigenetics & chromatin, 2010 - Springer
Background Epigenetic polymorphisms are a potential source of human diversity, but their
frequency and relationship to genetic polymorphisms are unclear. DNA methylation, an …

Inter-individual variation of DNA methylation and its implications for large-scale epigenome mapping

C Bock, J Walter, M Paulsen… - Nucleic acids research, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Genomic DNA methylation profiles exhibit substantial variation within the human population,
with important functional implications for gene regulation. So far little is known about the …

DNA methylation-based variation between human populations

F Kader, M Ghai - Molecular genetics and genomics, 2017 - Springer
Several studies have proved that DNA methylation affects regulation of gene expression and
development. Epigenome-wide studies have reported variation in methylation patterns …

[HTML][HTML] Population-specificity of human DNA methylation

HB Fraser, LL Lam, SM Neumann, MS Kobor - Genome biology, 2012 - Springer
Background Ethnic differences in human DNA methylation have been shown for a number of
CpG sites, but the genome-wide patterns and extent of these differences are largely …

[HTML][HTML] A genomic atlas of systemic interindividual epigenetic variation in humans

CJ Gunasekara, CA Scott, E Laritsky, MS Baker… - Genome Biology, 2019 - Springer
Background DNA methylation is thought to be an important determinant of human
phenotypic variation, but its inherent cell type specificity has impeded progress on this …

[HTML][HTML] A genome-wide study of DNA methylation patterns and gene expression levels in multiple human and chimpanzee tissues

AA Pai, JT Bell, JC Marioni, JK Pritchard, Y Gilad - PLoS genetics, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The modification of DNA by methylation is an important epigenetic mechanism that affects
the spatial and temporal regulation of gene expression. Methylation patterns have been …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between DNA methylation, genetic and expression inter-individual variation in untransformed human fibroblasts

JR Wagner, S Busche, B Ge, T Kwan, T Pastinen… - Genome biology, 2014 - Springer
Background DNA methylation plays an essential role in the regulation of gene expression.
While its presence near the transcription start site of a gene has been associated with …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation patterns associate with genetic and gene expression variation in HapMap cell lines

JT Bell, AA Pai, JK Pickrell, DJ Gaffney, R Pique-Regi… - Genome biology, 2011 - Springer
Background DNA methylation is an essential epigenetic mechanism involved in gene
regulation and disease, but little is known about the mechanisms underlying inter-individual …

A DNA methylation fingerprint of 1628 human samples

AF Fernandez, Y Assenov, JI Martin-Subero… - Genome …, 2012 - genome.cshlp.org
Most of the studies characterizing DNA methylation patterns have been restricted to
particular genomic loci in a limited number of human samples and pathological conditions …