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 …

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 …

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 …

Collider scope: when selection bias can substantially influence observed associations

MR Munafò, K Tilling, AE Taylor… - International journal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Large-scale cross-sectional and cohort studies have transformed our understanding of the
genetic and environmental determinants of health outcomes. However, the …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The EWAS Catalog: a database of epigenome-wide association studies

T Battram, P Yousefi, G Crawford, C Prince… - Wellcome open …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) seek to quantify associations between
traits/exposures and DNA methylation measured at thousands or millions of CpG sites …

Sensitive periods for the effect of childhood adversity on DNA methylation: results from a prospective, longitudinal study

EC Dunn, TW Soare, Y Zhu, AJ Simpkin… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Exposure to early-life adversity is known to predict DNA methylation (DNAm)
patterns that may be related to psychiatric risk. However, few studies have investigated …

DNA methylation as a mediator of the association between prenatal adversity and risk factors for metabolic disease in adulthood

EW Tobi, RC Slieker, R Luijk, KF Dekkers, AD Stein… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Although it is assumed that epigenetic mechanisms, such as changes in DNA methylation
(DNAm), underlie the relationship between adverse intrauterine conditions and adult …

Meffil: efficient normalization and analysis of very large DNA methylation datasets

JL Min, G Hemani, G Davey Smith, C Relton… - …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Motivation DNA methylation datasets are growing ever larger both in sample size and
genome coverage. Novel computational solutions are required to efficiently handle these …

[HTML][HTML] An international genome-wide meta-analysis of primary biliary cholangitis: Novel risk loci and candidate drugs

HJ Cordell, JJ Fryett, K Ueno, R Darlay, Y Aiba… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Backgrounds & Aims Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic liver disease in which
autoimmune destruction of the small intrahepatic bile ducts eventually leads to cirrhosis …