Beyond gene discovery in inflammatory bowel disease: the emerging role of epigenetics

NT Ventham, NA Kennedy, ER Nimmo, J Satsangi - Gastroenterology, 2013 - Elsevier
In the past decade, there have been fundamental advances in our understanding of genetic
factors that contribute to the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) Crohn's disease and …

Diet, gut microbiome and epigenetics: emerging links with inflammatory bowel diseases and prospects for management and prevention

K Aleksandrova, B Romero-Mosquera, V Hernandez - Nutrients, 2017 - mdpi.com
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) represent a growing public health concern due to
increasing incidence worldwide. The current notion on the pathogenesis of IBD is that …

Molecular correlates of cisplatin-based chemotherapy response in muscle invasive bladder cancer by integrated multi-omics analysis

A Taber, E Christensen, P Lamy, I Nordentoft… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Overtreatment with cisplatin-based chemotherapy is a major issue in the management of
muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), and currently none of the reported biomarkers for …

DNA methylation age of human tissues and cell types

S Horvath - Genome biology, 2013 - Springer
Background It is not yet known whether DNA methylation levels can be used to accurately
predict age across a broad spectrum of human tissues and cell types, nor whether the …

Accounting for cellular heterogeneity is critical in epigenome-wide association studies

AE Jaffe, RA Irizarry - Genome biology, 2014 - Springer
Background Epigenome-wide association studies of human disease and other quantitative
traits are becoming increasingly common. A series of papers reporting age-related changes …

Integrative epigenome-wide analysis demonstrates that DNA methylation may mediate genetic risk in inflammatory bowel disease

NT Ventham, NA Kennedy, AT Adams, R Kalla… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Epigenetic alterations may provide important insights into gene-environment interaction in
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Here we observe epigenome-wide DNA methylation …

Cohort profile: LifeLines DEEP, a prospective, general population cohort study in the northern Netherlands: study design and baseline characteristics

EF Tigchelaar, A Zhernakova, JAM Dekens… - BMJ open, 2015 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Purpose There is a critical need for population-based prospective cohort studies because
they follow individuals before the onset of disease, allowing for studies that can identify …

Environmental epigenetics: prospects for studying epigenetic mediation of exposure–response relationships

VK Cortessis, DC Thomas, AJ Levine, CV Breton… - Human genetics, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Changes in epigenetic marks such as DNA methylation and histone acetylation are
associated with a broad range of disease traits, including cancer, asthma, metabolic …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation levels at individual age-associated CpG sites can be indicative for life expectancy

Q Lin, CI Weidner, IG Costa, RE Marioni… - Aging (Albany …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
DNA-methylation (DNAm) levels at age-associated CpG sites can be combined into
epigenetic aging signatures to estimate donor age. It has been demonstrated that the …

[HTML][HTML] The role of diet in the prevention and treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

R Rosa, R Ornella, GC Maria, S Elisa… - Acta Bio Medica …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)–Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC)–are
chronic conditions characterised by relapsing inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. They …