[HTML][HTML] The initial interplay between HIV and mucosal innate immunity

V Caputo, M Libera, S Sisti, B Giuliani… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is still one of the major global health issues, and
despite significant efforts that have been put into studying the pathogenesis of HIV infection …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic and epigenetic background of diabetic kidney disease

N Sandholm, EH Dahlström, PH Groop - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a severe diabetic complication that affects up to half of the
individuals with diabetes. Elevated blood glucose levels are a key underlying cause of DKD …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation markers for kidney function and progression of diabetic kidney disease

KY Li, CHT Tam, H Liu, S Day, CKP Lim, WY So… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Epigenetic markers are potential biomarkers for diabetes and related complications. Using a
prospective cohort from the Hong Kong Diabetes Register, we perform two independent …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analyses identify DNA methylation associated with kidney function and damage

P Schlosser, A Tin, PR Matias-Garcia, CHL Thio… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease is a major public health burden. Elevated urinary albumin-to-
creatinine ratio is a measure of kidney damage, and used to diagnose and stage chronic …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic HIV infection induces transcriptional and functional reprogramming of innate immune cells

WA van der Heijden, L Van de Wijer, F Keramati… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chronic inflammation and immune dysfunction play a key role in the development of non-
AIDS–related comorbidities. The aim of our study was to characterize the functional …

Systematic integrated analysis of genetic and epigenetic variation in diabetic kidney disease

X Sheng, C Qiu, H Liu, C Gluck… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Poor metabolic control and host genetic predisposition are critical for diabetic kidney
disease (DKD) development. The epigenome integrates information from sequence …

[HTML][HTML] Batch-effect detection, correction and characterisation in Illumina HumanMethylation450 and MethylationEPIC BeadChip array data

JP Ross, S van Dijk, M Phang, MR Skilton, PL Molloy… - Clinical …, 2022 - Springer
Background Genomic technologies can be subject to significant batch-effects which are
known to reduce experimental power and to potentially create false positive results. The …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenome-wide association study of kidney function identifies trans-ethnic and ethnic-specific loci

CE Breeze, A Batorsky, MK Lee, MD Szeto, X Xu… - Genome medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background DNA methylation (DNAm) is associated with gene regulation and estimated
glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), a measure of kidney function. Decreased eGFR is more …

[HTML][HTML] Getting out of crises: Environmental, social-ecological and evolutionary research is needed to avoid future risks of pandemics

D Destoumieux-Garzón, F Matthies-Wiesler… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The implementation of One Health/EcoHealth/Planetary Health approaches has
been identified as key (i) to address the strong interconnections between risk for pandemics …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenome-wide epidemiologic studies of human immunodeficiency virus infection, treatment, and disease progression

BK Titanji, M Gwinn, VC Marconi, YV Sun - Clinical Epigenetics, 2022 - Springer
Despite significant advances in the treatment and care of people with HIV (PWH), several
challenges remain in our understanding of disease pathogenesis to improve patient care …