DNA methylation methods: Global DNA methylation and methylomic analyses

S Li, TO Tollefsbol - Methods, 2021 - Elsevier
DNA methylation provides a pivotal layer of epigenetic regulation in eukaryotes that has
significant involvement for numerous biological processes in health and disease. The …

Analysing and interpreting DNA methylation data

C Bock - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2012 - nature.com
DNA methylation is an epigenetic mark that has suspected regulatory roles in a broad range
of biological processes and diseases. The technology is now available for studying DNA …

Critical evaluation of the Illumina MethylationEPIC BeadChip microarray for whole-genome DNA methylation profiling

R Pidsley, E Zotenko, TJ Peters, MG Lawrence… - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Background In recent years the Illumina HumanMethylation450 (HM450) BeadChip has
provided a user-friendly platform to profile DNA methylation in human samples. However …

Epigenetic signatures of cigarette smoking

R Joehanes, AC Just, RE Marioni… - Circulation …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—DNA methylation leaves a long-term signature of smoking exposure and is
one potential mechanism by which tobacco exposure predisposes to adverse health …

[PDF][PDF] DNA methylation in newborns and maternal smoking in pregnancy: genome-wide consortium meta-analysis

BR Joubert, JF Felix, P Yousefi, KM Bakulski… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - cell.com
Epigenetic modifications, including DNA methylation, represent a potential mechanism for
environmental impacts on human disease. Maternal smoking in pregnancy remains an …

Preprocessing, normalization and integration of the Illumina HumanMethylationEPIC array with minfi

JP Fortin, TJ Triche Jr, KD Hansen - Bioinformatics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The minfi package is widely used for analyzing Illumina DNA methylation array data. Here
we describe modifications to the minfi package required to support the …

Transient non-integrative expression of nuclear reprogramming factors promotes multifaceted amelioration of aging in human cells

TJ Sarkar, M Quarta, S Mukherjee, A Colville… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Aging is characterized by a gradual loss of function occurring at the molecular, cellular,
tissue and organismal levels. At the chromatin level, aging associates with progressive …

A deep learning framework with an embedded-based feature selection approach for the early detection of the Alzheimer's disease

N Mahendran, DRV PM - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Ageing is associated with various ailments including Alzheimer's disease (AD), which is a
progressive form of dementia. AD symptoms develop over a period of years and …

Minfi: a flexible and comprehensive Bioconductor package for the analysis of Infinium DNA methylation microarrays

MJ Aryee, AE Jaffe, H Corrada-Bravo… - …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Motivation: The recently released Infinium HumanMethylation450 array (the
'450k'array) provides a high-throughput assay to quantify DNA methylation (DNAm) at∼ 450 …

Systematic identification of genetic influences on methylation across the human life course

TR Gaunt, HA Shihab, G Hemani, JL Min, G Woodward… - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Background The influence of genetic variation on complex diseases is potentially mediated
through a range of highly dynamic epigenetic processes exhibiting temporal variation during …