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 …

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 …

[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 …

[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 …

Evaluation of affinity-based genome-wide DNA methylation data: effects of CpG density, amplification bias, and copy number variation

MD Robinson, C Stirzaker, AL Statham… - Genome …, 2010 - genome.cshlp.org
DNA methylation is an essential epigenetic modification that plays a key role associated with
the regulation of gene expression during differentiation, but in disease states such as …

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 …

Dynamic DNA methylation across diverse human cell lines and tissues

KE Varley, J Gertz, KM Bowling, SL Parker… - Genome …, 2013 - genome.cshlp.org
As studies of DNA methylation increase in scope, it has become evident that methylation has
a complex relationship with gene expression, plays an important role in defining cell types …

Whole-genome DNA methylation profiling using MethylCap-seq

AB Brinkman, F Simmer, K Ma, A Kaan, J Zhu… - Methods, 2010 - Elsevier
MethylCap-seq is a robust procedure for genome-wide profiling of DNA methylation. The
approach consists of the capture of methylated DNA using the MBD domain of MeCP2, and …

[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] Genome-wide identification of inter-individually variable DNA methylation sites improves the efficacy of epigenetic association studies

T Hachiya, R Furukawa, Y Shiwa, H Ohmomo… - NPJ genomic …, 2017 - nature.com
Epigenome-wide association studies, which searches for blood-based DNA methylation
signatures associated with environmental exposures and/or disease susceptibilities, is a …