Smoking changes adaptive immunity with persistent effects

V Saint-André, B Charbit, A Biton, V Rouilly… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Individuals differ widely in their immune responses, with age, sex and genetic factors having
major roles in this inherent variability,,,,–. However, the variables that drive such differences …

Hallmarks of sex bias in immuno-oncology: mechanisms and therapeutic implications

T Xiao, J Lee, TD Gauntner, M Velegraki… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Sex differences are present across multiple non-reproductive organ cancers, with male
individuals generally experiencing higher incidence of cancer with poorer outcomes …

Rare diseases of epigenetic origin: Challenges and opportunities

MP Fu, SM Merrill, M Sharma, WT Gibson… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Rare diseases (RDs), more than 80% of which have a genetic origin, collectively affect
approximately 350 million people worldwide. Progress in next-generation sequencing …

Interaction molecular QTL mapping discovers cellular and environmental modifiers of genetic regulatory effects

S Kasela, F Aguet, S Kim-Hellmuth, BC Brown… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - cell.com
Bulk-tissue molecular quantitative trait loci (QTLs) have been the starting point for
interpreting disease-associated variants, and context-specific QTLs show particular …

A meta-analysis of immune-cell fractions at high resolution reveals novel associations with common phenotypes and health outcomes

Q Luo, VB Dwaraka, Q Chen, H Tong, T Zhu, K Seale… - Genome Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Changes in cell-type composition of tissues are associated with a wide range of
diseases and environmental risk factors and may be causally implicated in disease …

Immunological shifts during early-stage Parkinson's disease identified with DNA methylation data on longitudinally collected blood samples

SC Pike, M Havrda, F Gilli, Z Zhang, LA Salas - npj Parkinson's Disease, 2024 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the
United States. Decades before motor symptoms manifest, non-motor symptoms such as …

The inactive X chromosome accumulates widespread epigenetic variability with age

Y Liu, L Sinke, TH Jonkman, RC Slieker… - Clinical …, 2023 - Springer
Background Loss of epigenetic control is a hallmark of aging. Among the most prominent
roles of epigenetic mechanisms is the inactivation of one of two copies of the X chromosome …

The cutting edge of epigenetic clocks: In search of mechanisms linking aging and mental health

ZM Harvanek, MP Boks, CH Vinkers… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Individuals with psychiatric disorders are at increased risk of age-related diseases and early
mortality. Recent studies demonstrate that this link between mental health and aging is …

Introduction to epigenetics

N Singla, R Thapa, R Kulshrestha, AA Bhat… - Targeting epigenetics in …, 2023 - Springer
Epigenetics is the study of inherited variations in gene expression that do not involve
changes to DNA sequences. Over 200 unique cell types in a human adult have a nearly …

Pan-Genomic Regulation of Gene Expression in Normal and Pathological Human Placentas

C Apicella, CSM Ruano, B Thilaganathan, A Khalil… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, we attempted to find genetic variants affecting gene expression (eQTL=
expression Quantitative Trait Loci) in the human placenta in normal and pathological …