Function and information content of DNA methylation

D Schübeler - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Cytosine methylation is a DNA modification generally associated with transcriptional
silencing. Factors that regulate methylation have been linked to human disease, yet how …

Modern epigenetics methods in biological research

Y Li - Methods, 2021 - Elsevier
The definition of epigenetics refers that molecular modifications on DNA that can regulate
gene activity are independent of DNA sequence and mitotically stable. Notably, epigenetics …

Comprehensive characterization, annotation and innovative use of Infinium DNA methylation BeadChip probes

W Zhou, PW Laird, H Shen - Nucleic acids research, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Illumina Infinium DNA Methylation BeadChips represent the most widely used
genome-scale DNA methylation assays. Existing strategies for masking Infinium probes …

Alzheimer's disease: early alterations in brain DNA methylation at ANK1, BIN1, RHBDF2 and other loci

PL De Jager, G Srivastava, K Lunnon, J Burgess… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
We used a collection of 708 prospectively collected autopsied brains to assess the
methylation state of the brain's DNA in relation to Alzheimer's disease (AD). We found that …

DNA methylation analysis: choosing the right method

S Kurdyukov, M Bullock - Biology, 2016 - mdpi.com
In the burgeoning field of epigenetics, there are several methods available to determine the
methylation status of DNA samples. However, choosing the method that is best suited to …

ChAMP: 450k chip analysis methylation pipeline

TJ Morris, LM Butcher, A Feber, AE Teschendorff… - …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip is a new platform for high-
throughput DNA methylation analysis. Several methods for normalization and processing of …

Comprehensive analysis of DNA methylation data with RnBeads

Y Assenov, F Müller, P Lutsik, J Walter, T Lengauer… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
RnBeads is a software tool for large-scale analysis and interpretation of DNA methylation
data, providing a user-friendly analysis workflow that yields detailed hypertext reports …

DNA methylation signatures link prenatal famine exposure to growth and metabolism

EW Tobi, JJ Goeman, R Monajemi, H Gu… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Periconceptional diet may persistently influence DNA methylation levels with phenotypic
consequences. However, a comprehensive assessment of the characteristics of prenatal …

A DNA methylation biomarker of alcohol consumption

C Liu, RE Marioni, ÅK Hedman, L Pfeiffer, PC Tsai… - Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
The lack of reliable measures of alcohol intake is a major obstacle to the diagnosis and
treatment of alcohol-related diseases. Epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation …

Profiling genome-wide DNA methylation

WS Yong, FM Hsu, PY Chen - Epigenetics & chromatin, 2016 - Springer
DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification that plays an important role in regulating
gene expression and therefore a broad range of biological processes and diseases. DNA …