Meningioma DNA methylation groups identify biological drivers and therapeutic vulnerabilities

A Choudhury, ST Magill, CD Eaton, BC Prager… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Meningiomas are the most common primary intracranial tumors. There are no effective
medical therapies for meningioma patients, and new treatments have been encumbered by …

The potential of DNA methylation as a biomarker for obesity and smoking

A Heikkinen, S Bollepalli… - Journal of internal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification that has consistently been shown to be linked
with a variety of human traits and diseases. Because DNA methylation is dynamic and …

The genomic and immune landscape of long-term survivors of high-grade serous ovarian cancer

DW Garsed, A Pandey, S Fereday, CJ Kennedy… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Fewer than half of all patients with advanced-stage high-grade serous ovarian cancers
(HGSCs) survive more than five years after diagnosis, but those who have an exceptionally …

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) …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated analysis of cervical squamous cell carcinoma cohorts from three continents reveals conserved subtypes of prognostic significance

A Chakravarthy, I Reddin, S Henderson, C Dong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer
deaths in women. Here we present an integrated multi-omic analysis of 643 cervical …

[HTML][HTML] Placental genomics mediates genetic associations with complex health traits and disease

A Bhattacharya, AN Freedman, V Avula… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
As the master regulator in utero, the placenta is core to the Developmental Origins of Health
and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis but is historically understudied. To identify placental gene …

[HTML][HTML] Multiplatform molecular analyses refine classification of gliomas arising in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1

CHG Lucas, EA Sloan, R Gupta, J Wu, D Pratt… - Acta …, 2022 - Springer
Gliomas arising in the setting of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) are heterogeneous,
occurring from childhood through adulthood, can be histologically low-grade or high-grade …

BMI is positively associated with accelerated epigenetic aging in twin pairs discordant for body mass index

S Lundgren, S Kuitunen, KH Pietiläinen… - Journal of Internal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Obesity is a heritable complex phenotype that can increase the risk of age‐
related outcomes. Biological age can be estimated from DNA methylation (DNAm) using …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation fingerprint of hepatocellular carcinoma from tissue and liquid biopsies

E Gonçalves, M Gonçalves-Reis, JB Pereira-Leal… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is amongst the cancers with highest mortality rates and is
the most common malignancy of the liver. Early detection is vital to provide the best …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale placenta DNA methylation integrated analysis reveals fetal sex-specific differentially methylated CpG sites and regions

SV Andrews, IJ Yang, K Froehlich, T Oskotsky… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Although male–female differences in placental structure and function have been observed,
little is understood about their molecular underpinnings. Here, we present a mega-analysis …