[HTML][HTML] Global analysis of DNA methylation variation in adipose tissue from twins reveals links to disease-associated variants in distal regulatory elements

E Grundberg, E Meduri, JK Sandling… - The American Journal of …, 2013 - cell.com
Epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation play a key role in gene regulation and
disease susceptibility. However, little is known about the genome-wide frequency …

A longitudinal study of DNA methylation as a potential mediator of age-related diabetes risk

CD Grant, N Jafari, L Hou, Y Li, JD Stewart, G Zhang… - Geroscience, 2017 - Springer
DNA methylation (DNAm) has been found to show robust and widespread age-related
changes across the genome. DNAm profiles from whole blood can be used to predict human …

[HTML][HTML] Type 2 diabetes and leucocyte DNA methylation: an epigenome-wide association study in over 1,500 older adults

I Florath, K Butterbach, J Heiss, M Bewerunge-Hudler… - Diabetologia, 2016 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Development of type 2 diabetes depends on environmental and genetic
factors. We investigated the epigenome-wide association of prevalent diabetes with DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Smoking induces coordinated DNA methylation and gene expression changes in adipose tissue with consequences for metabolic health

PC Tsai, CA Glastonbury, MN Eliot, S Bollepalli, I Yet… - Clinical …, 2018 - Springer
Background Tobacco smoking is a risk factor for multiple diseases, including cardiovascular
disease and diabetes. Many smoking-associated signals have been detected in the blood …

Exercise training alters the genomic response to acute exercise in human adipose tissue

O Fabre, LR Ingerslev, C Garde, I Donkin, D Simar… - …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: To determine the genomic mechanisms by which adipose tissue responds to acute and
chronic exercise. Methods: We profiled the transcriptomic and epigenetic response to acute …

DNA methylation of loci within ABCG1 and PHOSPHO1 in blood DNA is associated with future type 2 diabetes risk

T Dayeh, T Tuomi, P Almgren, A Perfilyev… - Epigenetics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Identification of subjects with a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) is fundamental
for prevention of the disease. Consequently, it is essential to search for new biomarkers that …

Meta‐analysis of genome‐wide DNA methylation and integrative omics of age in human skeletal muscle

S Voisin, M Jacques, S Landen… - Journal of Cachexia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Knowledge of age‐related DNA methylation changes in skeletal muscle is
limited, yet this tissue is severely affected by ageing in humans. Methods We conducted a …

Epigenome-wide profiling of DNA methylation in paired samples of adipose tissue and blood

YT Huang, S Chu, EB Loucks, CL Lin, CB Eaton… - Epigenetics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Many epigenetic association studies have attempted to identify DNA methylation markers in
blood that are able to mirror those in target tissues. Although some have suggested potential …

Epigenome-wide association study of fasting measures of glucose, insulin, and HOMA-IR in the Genetics of Lipid Lowering Drugs and Diet Network study

B Hidalgo, MR Irvin, J Sha, D Zhi, S Aslibekyan… - Diabetes, 2014 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Known genetic susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes (T2D) explain only a small proportion of
heritable T2D risk. We hypothesize that DNA methylation patterns may contribute to variation …

Epigenetics of type 2 diabetes mellitus and weight change—a tool for precision medicine?

C Ling, K Bacos, T Rönn - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2022 - nature.com
Pioneering studies performed over the past few decades demonstrate links between
epigenetics and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the metabolic disorder with the most …