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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] An integrative analysis of DNA methylation and RNA-Seq data for human heart, kidney and liver

L Xie, B Weichel, JE Ohm, K Zhang - BMC systems biology, 2011 - Springer
Background Many groups, including our own, have proposed the use of DNA methylation
profiles as biomarkers for various disease states. While much research has been done …

Genome-scale DNA methylation maps of pluripotent and differentiated cells

A Meissner, TS Mikkelsen, H Gu, M Wernig, J Hanna… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
DNA methylation is essential for normal development,, and has been implicated in many
pathologies including cancer,. Our knowledge about the genome-wide distribution of DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Functional annotation of the human brain methylome identifies tissue-specific epigenetic variation across brain and blood

MN Davies, M Volta, R Pidsley, K Lunnon, A Dixit… - Genome biology, 2012 - Springer
Background Dynamic changes to the epigenome play a critical role in establishing and
maintaining cellular phenotype during differentiation, but little is known about the normal …

Quantitative comparison of genome-wide DNA methylation mapping technologies

C Bock, EM Tomazou, AB Brinkman, F Müller… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
DNA methylation plays a key role in regulating eukaryotic gene expression. Although
mitotically heritable and stable over time, patterns of DNA methylation frequently change in …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide survey reveals dynamic widespread tissue-specific changes in DNA methylation during development

P Liang, F Song, S Ghosh, E Morien, M Qin… - BMC genomics, 2011 - Springer
Background Changes in DNA methylation in the mammalian genome during development
are frequent events and play major roles regulating gene expression and other …

[HTML][HTML] Tackling the methylome: recent methodological advances in genome-wide methylation profiling

MRH Estécio, JPJ Issa - Genome medicine, 2009 - Springer
DNA methylation of promoter CpG islands is strongly associated with gene silencing and is
known as a frequent cause of loss of expression of tumor suppressor genes, as well as other …

[HTML][HTML] Tissue-independent and tissue-specific patterns of DNA methylation alteration in cancer

Y Chen, CE Breeze, S Zhen, S Beck… - Epigenetics & …, 2016 - Springer
Background There is growing evidence that DNA methylation alterations contribute to
carcinogenesis. While cancer tissue exhibits widespread DNA methylation changes, the …

Genomic patterns and context specific interpretation of DNA methylation

T Baubec, D Schübeler - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2014 - Elsevier
Methylation of CpG dinucleotides is a reversible modification of DNA that is highly prevalent
throughout mammalian genomes. Recent advances generated genomic DNA methylation …