DNA methylation-based predictors of health: applications and statistical considerations

PD Yousefi, M Suderman, R Langdon… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
DNA methylation data have become a valuable source of information for biomarker
development, because, unlike static genetic risk estimates, DNA methylation varies …

Epigenetics of type 2 diabetes mellitus and weight change—a tool for precision medicine?

C Ling, K Bacos, T Rönn - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2022 - nature.com
Pioneering studies performed over the past few decades demonstrate links between
epigenetics and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the metabolic disorder with the most …

Determinants of body fat distribution in humans may provide insight about obesity-related health risks

AP Frank, R de Souza Santos, BF Palmer… - Journal of lipid …, 2019 - ASBMB
Obesity increases the risks of developing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and
degrades quality of life, ultimately increasing the risk of death. However, not all forms of …

The applications and mechanisms of superoxide dismutase in medicine, food, and cosmetics

M Zheng, Y Liu, G Zhang, Z Yang, W Xu, Q Chen - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is a class of enzymes that restrict the biological oxidant cluster
enzyme system in the body, which can effectively respond to cellular oxidative stress, lipid …

Reference-free deconvolution of DNA methylation data and mediation by cell composition effects

EA Houseman, ML Kile, DC Christiani, TA Ince… - BMC …, 2016 - Springer
Background Recent interest in reference-free deconvolution of DNA methylation data has
led to several supervised methods, but these methods do not easily permit the interpretation …

Epigenetic modification of nucleic acids: from basic studies to medical applications

Y Chen, T Hong, S Wang, J Mo, T Tian… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The epigenetic modification of nucleic acids represents one of the most significant areas of
study in the field of nucleic acids because it makes gene regulation more complex and …

Maternal BMI at the start of pregnancy and offspring epigenome-wide DNA methylation: findings from the pregnancy and childhood epigenetics (PACE) consortium

GC Sharp, LA Salas, C Monnereau… - Human molecular …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Pre-pregnancy maternal obesity is associated with adverse offspring outcomes at birth and
later in life. Individual studies have shown that epigenetic modifications such as DNA …

Recent developments on the role of epigenetics in obesity and metabolic disease

SJ van Dijk, RL Tellam, JL Morrison, BS Muhlhausler… - Clinical …, 2015 - Springer
The increased prevalence of obesity and related comorbidities is a major public health
problem. While genetic factors undoubtedly play a role in determining individual …

The role of DNA methylation in cardiovascular risk and disease: methodological aspects, study design, and data analysis for epidemiological studies

J Zhong, G Agha, AA Baccarelli - Circulation research, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that genetic, environmental, behavioral, and
clinical factors contribute to cardiovascular disease development. How these risk factors …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes in humans

C Davegårdh, S García-Calzón, K Bacos, C Ling - Molecular metabolism, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a multifactorial, polygenic disease caused by
impaired insulin secretion and insulin resistance. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) …