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 …
Background In recent years the Illumina HumanMethylation450 (HM450) BeadChip has provided a user-friendly platform to profile DNA methylation in human samples. However …
Background—DNA methylation leaves a long-term signature of smoking exposure and is one potential mechanism by which tobacco exposure predisposes to adverse health …
Epigenetic modifications, including DNA methylation, represent a potential mechanism for environmental impacts on human disease. Maternal smoking in pregnancy remains an …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Abstract Motivation: The recently released Infinium HumanMethylation450 array (the '450k'array) provides a high-throughput assay to quantify DNA methylation (DNAm) at∼ 450 …
Background The influence of genetic variation on complex diseases is potentially mediated through a range of highly dynamic epigenetic processes exhibiting temporal variation during …