Risk-focused differences in molecular processes implicated in SARS-CoV-2 infection: corollaries in DNA methylation and gene expression

C Konwar, R Asiimwe, AM Inkster, SM Merrill… - Epigenetics & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Understanding the molecular basis of susceptibility factors to the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is a global health imperative. It …

Whole blood DNA methylation analysis reveals respiratory environmental traits involved in COVID-19 severity following SARS-CoV-2 infection

G Barturen, E Carnero-Montoro… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause an inflammatory syndrome (COVID-19) leading, in many
cases, to bilateral pneumonia, severe dyspnea, and in~ 5% of these, death. DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenome-wide DNA methylation profiling of healthy COVID-19 recoverees reveals a unique signature in circulating immune cells

J Huoman, S Sayyab, E Apostolou, L Karlsson… - 2021 - europepmc.org
Background Epigenetic alterations upon microbial challenge have been described as both a
defence strategy and a result of pathogenic manipulation. While most COVID-19 studies …

An epigenome‐wide DNA methylation study of patients with COVID‐19

S Zhou, J Zhang, J Xu, F Zhang, P Li… - Annals of human …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the early 2000s, emerging SARS‐CoV‐2, which is highly pathogenic, posed a great threat
to public health. During COVID‐19, epigenetic regulation is deemed to be an important part …

Age and sex effects on DNA methylation sites linked to genes implicated in severe COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 host cell entry

J Bohlin, CM Page, Y Lee, JHO Pettersson, A Jugessur… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Male sex and advanced age are associated with severe symptoms of COVID-19. Sex and
age also exhibit substantial associations with genome-wide DNA methylation (DNAm) …

Longitudinal study of DNA methylation and epigenetic clocks prior to and following test-confirmed COVID-19 and mRNA vaccination

APS Pang, AT Higgins-Chen, F Comite, I Raica… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The host epigenetic landscape rapidly changes during SARS-CoV-2 infection, and evidence
suggest that severe COVID-19 is associated with durable scars to the epigenome …

Identification of COVID-19-associated DNA methylation variations by integrating methylation array and scRNA-Seq data at cell-type resolution

G Wang, Z Xiong, F Yang, X Zheng, W Zong, R Li… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Single-cell transcriptome studies have revealed immune dysfunction in COVID-19 patients,
including lymphopenia, T cell exhaustion, and increased levels of pro-inflammatory …

Blood DNA methylation and COVID-19 outcomes

J Balnis, A Madrid, KJ Hogan, LA Drake, HC Chieng… - Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Background There are no prior reports that compare differentially methylated regions of DNA
in blood samples from COVID-19 patients to samples collected before the SARS-CoV-2 …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenome-wide association study of COVID-19 severity with respiratory failure

MC de Moura, V Davalos, L Planas-Serra… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Patients infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), exhibit a wide …

Integrative Analysis of DNA Methylation and Gene Expression Data Identifies Potential Biomarkers and Functional Epigenetic Modules for SARS-CoV-2

L Li, L Hu, X Qiao, R Mo, G Liu, L Hu - Biochemical Genetics, 2023 - Springer
To integrate gene expression and DNA methylation data and find the potential role of DNA
methylation in the invasion and replication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus …