Identification of Cell‐Specific Differential DNA Methylation Associated With Methotrexate Treatment Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis

C Adams, N Nair, D Plant… - Arthritis & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We undertook this study to estimate changes in cell‐specific DNA methylation
(DNAm) associated with methotrexate (MTX) response using whole blood samples collected …

Advances in genomics for drug development

R Spreafico, LB Soriaga, J Grosse, HW Virgin, A Telenti - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Drug development (target identification, advancing drug leads to candidates for preclinical
and clinical studies) can be facilitated by genetic and genomic knowledge. Here, we review …

Uncertainty quantification of reference-based cellular deconvolution algorithms

DS Vellame, G Shireby, A MacCalman, EL Dempster… - Epigenetics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The majority of epigenetic epidemiology studies to date have generated genome-wide
profiles from bulk tissues (eg, whole blood) however these are vulnerable to confounding …

Engineering heterogeneous tumor models for biomedical applications

Z Wu, D Huang, J Wang, Y Zhao, W Sun… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor tissue engineering holds great promise for replicating the physiological and
behavioral characteristics of tumors in vitro. Advances in this field have led to new …

Unraveling the genetics of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: an ongoing challenge

E Brosens, NCJ Peters, KS van Weelden… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a congenital structural anomaly in which the
diaphragm has not developed properly. It may occur either as an isolated anomaly or with …

Epigenomic characterization of lymphoid neoplasms

M Duran-Ferrer, JI Martín-Subero - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Lymphoid neoplasms represent a heterogeneous group of disease entities and subtypes
with markedly different molecular and clinical features. Beyond genetic alterations, lymphoid …

A comprehensive assessment of cell type-specific differential expression methods in bulk data

G Meng, W Tang, E Huang, Z Li… - Briefings in …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Accounting for cell type compositions has been very successful at analyzing high-throughput
data from heterogeneous tissues. Differential gene expression analysis at cell type level is …

Machine learning for deciphering cell heterogeneity and gene regulation

M Scherer, F Schmidt, O Lazareva, J Walter… - Nature Computational …, 2021 - nature.com
Epigenetics studies inheritable and reversible modifications of DNA that allow cells to
control gene expression throughout their development and in response to environmental …

An overview of DNA methylation-derived trait score methods and applications

MF Nabais, DA Gadd, E Hannon, J Mill, AF McRae… - Genome Biology, 2023 - Springer
Microarray technology has been used to measure genome-wide DNA methylation in
thousands of individuals. These studies typically test the associations between individual …

Reference-free deconvolution, visualization and interpretation of complex DNA methylation data using DecompPipeline, MeDeCom and FactorViz

M Scherer, PV Nazarov, R Toth, S Sahay, T Kaoma… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
DNA methylation profiling offers unique insights into human development and diseases.
Often the analysis of complex tissues and cell mixtures is the only feasible option to study …