DNA methylation aging clocks: challenges and recommendations

CG Bell, R Lowe, PD Adams, AA Baccarelli, S Beck… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Epigenetic clocks comprise a set of CpG sites whose DNA methylation levels measure
subject age. These clocks are acknowledged as a highly accurate molecular correlate of …

DNA methylation dynamics and dysregulation delineated by high-throughput profiling in the mouse

W Zhou, T Hinoue, B Barnes, O Mitchell, W Iqbal… - Cell genomics, 2022 - cell.com
We have developed a mouse DNA methylation array that contains 296,070 probes
representing the diversity of mouse DNA methylation biology. We present a mouse …

Epigenome‐wide association studies in asthma: a systematic review

A Edris, HT den Dekker, E Melén… - Clinical & Experimental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Asthma is a common chronic respiratory airway disease influenced by
environmental factors and possibly their interaction with the human genome causing …

An integrative multi-scale analysis of the dynamic DNA methylation landscape in aging

T Yuan, Y Jiao, S de Jong, RA Ophoff, S Beck… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Recent studies have demonstrated that the DNA methylome changes with age. This
epigenetic drift may have deep implications for cellular differentiation and disease …

Comparative epigenome analysis using Infinium DNA methylation BeadChips

W Ding, D Kaur, S Horvath, W Zhou - Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The arrival of the Infinium DNA methylation BeadChips for mice and other nonhuman
mammalian species has outpaced the development of the informatics that supports their use …

Speg interactions that regulate the stability of excitation-contraction coupling protein complexes in triads and dyads

CS Lee, SY Jung, RSZ Yee, NH Agha, J Hong… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Here we show that striated muscle preferentially expressed protein kinase α (Spegα)
maintains cardiac function in hearts with Spegβ deficiency. Speg is required for stability of …

Body weight and high‐fat diet are associated with epigenetic aging in female members of the BXD murine family

JV Sandoval‐Sierra, AHB Helbing, EG Williams… - Aging cell, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation (DNAm) is shaped by genetic and environmental factors and modulated by
aging. Here, we examine interrelations between epigenetic aging, body weight (BW), and …

Characterization of a RAD51C-silenced high-grade serous ovarian cancer model during development of PARP inhibitor resistance

RM Hurley, CD McGehee, K Nesic, C Correia… - NAR …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Acquired PARP inhibitor (PARPi) resistance in BRCA1-or BRCA2-mutant ovarian cancer
often results from secondary mutations that restore expression of functional protein …

DNA demethylation triggers cell free DNA release in colorectal cancer cells

V Pessei, M Macagno, E Mariella, N Congiusta… - Genome Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Liquid biopsy based on cell-free DNA (cfDNA) analysis holds significant
promise as a minimally invasive approach for the diagnosis, genotyping, and monitoring of …

Integrative ensemble modelling of cetuximab sensitivity in colorectal cancer patient-derived xenografts

U Perron, E Grassi, A Chatzipli, M Viviani… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) are tumour fragments engrafted into mice for preclinical
studies. PDXs offer clear advantages over simpler in vitro cancer models-such as cancer cell …