Genetic impacts on DNA methylation: research findings and future perspectives

S Villicaña, JT Bell - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Multiple recent studies highlight that genetic variants can have strong impacts on a
significant proportion of the human DNA methylome. Methylation quantitative trait loci, or …

Air pollution and DNA methylation: effects of exposure in humans

CF Rider, C Carlsten - Clinical epigenetics, 2019 - Springer
Air pollution exposure is estimated to contribute to approximately seven million early deaths
every year worldwide and more than 3% of disability-adjusted life years lost. Air pollution …

Intertumoral heterogeneity within medulloblastoma subgroups

FMG Cavalli, M Remke, L Rampasek, J Peacock… - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
While molecular subgrou** has revolutionized medulloblastoma classification, the extent
of heterogeneity within subgroups is unknown. Similarity network fusion (SNF) applied to …

Histopathologic and proteogenomic heterogeneity reveals features of clear cell renal cell carcinoma aggressiveness

Y Li, TSM Lih, SM Dhanasekaran, R Mannan, L Chen… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Clear cell renal cell carcinomas (ccRCCs) represent∼ 75% of RCC cases and account for
most RCC-associated deaths. Inter-and intratumoral heterogeneity (ITH) results in varying …

Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries

C Fernandez-Rozadilla, M Timofeeva, Z Chen, P Law… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. We conducted a genome-
wide association study meta-analysis of 100,204 CRC cases and 154,587 controls of …

Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

JL Min, G Hemani, E Hannon, KF Dekkers… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Characterizing genetic influences on DNA methylation (DNAm) provides an opportunity to
understand mechanisms underpinning gene regulation and disease. In the present study …

ChAMP: updated methylation analysis pipeline for Illumina BeadChips

Y Tian, TJ Morris, AP Webster, Z Yang, S Beck… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Summary The Illumina Infinium HumanMethylationEPIC BeadChip is the new
platform for high-throughput DNA methylation analysis, effectively doubling the coverage …

Trophoblast organoids as a model for maternal–fetal interactions during human placentation

MY Turco, L Gardner, RG Kay, RS Hamilton, M Prater… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The placenta is the extraembryonic organ that supports the fetus during intrauterine life.
Although placental dysfunction results in major disorders of pregnancy with immediate and …

Glioblastomas acquire myeloid-affiliated transcriptional programs via epigenetic immunoediting to elicit immune evasion

E Gangoso, B Southgate, L Bradley, S Rus… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive brain tumor for which current
immunotherapy approaches have been unsuccessful. Here, we explore the mechanisms …

Multiomics in primary and metastatic breast tumors from the AURORA US network finds microenvironment and epigenetic drivers of metastasis

S Garcia-Recio, T Hinoue, GL Wheeler, BJ Kelly… - Nature Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The AURORA US Metastasis Project was established with the goal to identify
molecular features associated with metastasis. We assayed 55 females with metastatic …