Validation of a DNA methylation microarray for 850,000 CpG sites of the human genome enriched in enhancer sequences

S Moran, C Arribas, M Esteller - Epigenomics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: DNA methylation is the best known epigenetic mark. Cancer and other pathologies
show an altered DNA methylome. However, delivering complete DNA methylation maps is …

[HTML][HTML] The role of regulatory variation in complex traits and disease

FW Albert, L Kruglyak - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2015 - nature.com
We are in a phase of unprecedented progress in identifying genetic loci that cause variation
in traits ranging from growth and fitness in simple organisms to disease in humans …

Preprocessing, normalization and integration of the Illumina HumanMethylationEPIC array with minfi

JP Fortin, TJ Triche Jr, KD Hansen - Bioinformatics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The minfi package is widely used for analyzing Illumina DNA methylation array data. Here
we describe modifications to the minfi package required to support the …

SeSAMe: reducing artifactual detection of DNA methylation by Infinium BeadChips in genomic deletions

W Zhou, TJ Triche Jr, PW Laird… - Nucleic acids research, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We report a new class of artifacts in DNA methylation measurements from Illumina
HumanMethylation450 and MethylationEPIC arrays. These artifacts reflect failed …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive analysis of genetic ancestry and its molecular correlates in cancer

J Carrot-Zhang, N Chambwe, JS Damrauer… - Cancer Cell, 2020 - cell.com
We evaluated ancestry effects on mutation rates, DNA methylation, and mRNA and miRNA
expression among 10,678 patients across 33 cancer types from The Cancer Genome Atlas …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic identification of genetic influences on methylation across the human life course

TR Gaunt, HA Shihab, G Hemani, JL Min, G Woodward… - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Background The influence of genetic variation on complex diseases is potentially mediated
through a range of highly dynamic epigenetic processes exhibiting temporal variation during …

[HTML][HTML] The genetics of transcription factor DNA binding variation

B Deplancke, D Alpern, V Gardeux - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Most complex trait-associated variants are located in non-coding regulatory regions of the
genome, where they have been shown to disrupt transcription factor (TF)-DNA binding …

Integrative analysis of multi-omics data for discovery and functional studies of complex human diseases

YV Sun, YJ Hu - Advances in genetics, 2016 - Elsevier
Complex and dynamic networks of molecules are involved in human diseases. High-
throughput technologies enable omics studies interrogating thousands to millions of makers …

[HTML][HTML] Guidance for DNA methylation studies: statistical insights from the Illumina EPIC array

G Mansell, TJ Gorrie-Stone, Y Bao, M Kumari… - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Background There has been a steady increase in the number of studies aiming to identify
DNA methylation differences associated with complex phenotypes. Many of the challenges …

[HTML][HTML] An update of epigenetic drugs for the treatment of cancers and brain diseases: a comprehensive review

Z Sahafnejad, S Ramazi, A Allahverdi - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Epigenetics has long been recognized as a significant field in biology and is defined as the
investigation of any alteration in gene expression patterns that is not attributed to changes in …