Genetic impacts on DNA methylation: research findings and future perspectives

S Villicaña, JT Bell - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Multiple recent studies highlight that genetic variants can have strong impacts on a
significant proportion of the human DNA methylome. Methylation quantitative trait loci, or …

Epigenome-wide association studies: current knowledge, strategies and recommendations

MP Campagna, A Xavier, J Lechner-Scott, V Maltby… - Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
The aetiology and pathophysiology of complex diseases are driven by the interaction
between genetic and environmental factors. The variability in risk and outcomes in these …

Linking environmental risk factors with epigenetic mechanisms in Parkinson's disease

M Tsalenchuk, SM Gentleman, SJ Marzi - npj Parkinson's Disease, 2023 - nature.com
Sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, with a
complex risk structure thought to be influenced by interactions between genetic variants and …

Genome-wide study of DNA methylation shows alterations in metabolic, inflammatory, and cholesterol pathways in ALS

PJ Hop, RAJ Zwamborn, E Hannon… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with an estimated
heritability between 40 and 50%. DNA methylation patterns can serve as proxies of (past) …

DNA methylation meta-analysis reveals cellular alterations in psychosis and markers of treatment-resistant schizophrenia

E Hannon, EL Dempster, G Mansell, J Burrage, N Bass… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
We performed a systematic analysis of blood DNA methylation profiles from 4483
participants from seven independent cohorts identifying differentially methylated positions …

Detection of diagnostic and prognostic methylation-based signatures in liquid biopsy specimens from patients with meningiomas

GA Herrgott, JM Snyder, R She, TM Malta… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Recurrence of meningiomas is unpredictable by current invasive methods based on
surgically removed specimens. Identification of patients likely to recur using noninvasive …

Parkinson's disease-associated, sex-specific changes in DNA methylation at PARK7 (DJ-1), SLC17A6 (VGLUT2), PTPRN2 (IA-2β), and NR4A2 (NURR1) in cortical …

J Kochmanski, NC Kuhn, AI Bernstein - npj Parkinson's Disease, 2022 - nature.com
Evidence for epigenetic regulation playing a role in Parkinson's disease (PD) is growing,
particularly for DNA methylation. Approximately 90% of PD cases are due to a complex …

Skeletal muscle DNA methylation and mRNA responses to a bout of higher versus lower load resistance exercise in previously trained men

CL Sexton, JS Godwin, MC McIntosh, BA Ruple… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
We sought to determine the skeletal muscle genome-wide DNA methylation and mRNA
responses to one bout of lower load (LL) versus higher load (HL) resistance exercise …

DNA methylation profiles after ART during human lifespan: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Barberet, B Ducreux, M Guilleman… - Human …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND The many manipulations and processes used in ART coincide with the
timing of epigenetic reprogramming and imprinting during female gametogenesis and pre …

DNA methylation study of Huntington's disease and motor progression in patients and in animal models

AT Lu, P Narayan, MJ Grant, P Langfelder… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Although Huntington's disease (HD) is a well studied Mendelian genetic disorder, less is
known about its associated epigenetic changes. Here, we characterize DNA methylation …