Epigenome‐wide association study of BMI in Black populations from InterGEN and GENOA

JY Taylor, Y Huang, W Zhao, ML Wright, Z Wang… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Obesity is a significant public health concern across the globe. Research
investigating epigenetic mechanisms related to obesity and obesity‐associated conditions …

Accelerated epigenetic age is associated with whole-brain functional connectivity and impaired cognitive performance in older adults

AJ Graves, JS Danoff, M Kim, SR Brindley… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
While chronological age is a strong predictor for health-related risk factors, it is an
incomplete metric that fails to fully characterize the unique aging process of individuals with …

3D chromatin remodeling potentiates transcriptional programs driving cell invasion

B Lebeau, M Jangal, T Zhao… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The contribution of deregulated chromatin architecture, including topologically associated
domains (TADs), to cancer progression remains ambiguous. CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) …

eUTOPIA: solUTion for Omics data PreprocessIng and Analysis

VS Marwah, G Scala, PAS Kinaret, A Serra… - Source code for biology …, 2019 - Springer
Background Application of microarrays in omics technologies enables quantification of many
biomolecules simultaneously. It is widely applied to observe the positive or negative effect …

Prenatal alcohol exposure is associated with adverse cognitive effects and distinct whole-genome DNA methylation patterns in primary school children

S Frey, A Eichler, V Stonawski, J Kriebel… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is known to elicit a broad range of systemic effects,
including neurophysiological alterations that result in adverse behavioral and cognitive …

Methylome-wide association study of antidepressant use in Generation Scotland and the Netherlands Twin Register implicates the innate immune system

MC Barbu, F Huider, A Campbell, C Amador… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Antidepressants are an effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD), although
individual response is unpredictable and highly variable. Whilst the mode of action of …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-Wide Methylation Profiling in 229 Patients With Crohn's Disease Requiring Intestinal Resection: Epigenetic Analysis of the Trial of Prevention of Post …

NT Ventham, NA Kennedy, R Kalla, AT Adams… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims DNA methylation alterations may provide important insights into gene-
environment interaction in cancer, aging, and complex diseases, such as inflammatory …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of dried blood spots for DNA methylation profiling

RM Walker, L MacGillivray, S McCafferty… - Wellcome Open …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: DNA methylation reflects health-related environmental exposures and genetic
risk, providing insights into aetiological mechanisms and potentially predicting disease …

Epigenome-wide association study identifies DNA methylation sites associated with target organ damage in older African Americans

F Ammous, W Zhao, SM Ratliff, M Kho, L Shang… - Epigenetics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Target organ damage (TOD) manifests as vascular injuries in the body organ systems
associated with long-standing hypertension. DNA methylation in peripheral blood …

Epigenetic signatures discriminate patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis and ulcerative colitis from patients with ulcerative colitis

M de Krijger, IL Hageman, AYF Li Yim… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic inflammatory liver disease
affecting the intra-and extrahepatic bile ducts, and is strongly associated with ulcerative …