Genetic–epigenetic interactions in cis: a major focus in the post-GWAS era

C Do, A Shearer, M Suzuki, MB Terry, J Gelernter… - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
Studies on genetic–epigenetic interactions, including the map** of methylation
quantitative trait loci (mQTLs) and haplotype-dependent allele-specific DNA methylation …

Genome-wide study of DNA methylation shows alterations in metabolic, inflammatory, and cholesterol pathways in ALS

PJ Hop, RAJ Zwamborn, E Hannon… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with an estimated
heritability between 40 and 50%. DNA methylation patterns can serve as proxies of (past) …

Age-related accrual of methylomic variability is linked to fundamental ageing mechanisms

RC Slieker, M van Iterson, R Luijk, M Beekman… - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Background Epigenetic change is a hallmark of ageing but its link to ageing mechanisms in
humans remains poorly understood. While DNA methylation at many CpG sites closely …

Systemic interindividual epigenetic variation in humans is associated with transposable elements and under strong genetic control

CJ Gunasekara, H MacKay, CA Scott, S Li, E Laritsky… - Genome biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Genetic variants can modulate phenotypic outcomes via epigenetic
intermediates, for example at methylation quantitative trait loci (mQTL). We present the first …

Decoding the non‐coding genome: elucidating genetic risk outside the coding genome

CL Barr, VL Misener - Genes, Brain and Behavior, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Current evidence emerging from genome‐wide association studies indicates that the
genetic underpinnings of complex traits are likely attributable to genetic variation that …

Genome-wide identification of genes regulating DNA methylation using genetic anchors for causal inference

PJ Hop, R Luijk, L Daxinger, M Van Iterson, KF Dekkers… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Background DNA methylation is a key epigenetic modification in human development and
disease, yet there is limited understanding of its highly coordinated regulation. Here, we …

Autosomal genetic variation is associated with DNA methylation in regions variably esca** X-chromosome inactivation

R Luijk, H Wu, CK Ward-Caviness, E Hannon… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract X-chromosome inactivation (XCI), ie, the inactivation of one of the female X
chromosomes, restores equal expression of X-chromosomal genes between females and …

IMAGE: high-powered detection of genetic effects on DNA methylation using integrated methylation QTL map** and allele-specific analysis

Y Fan, TP Vilgalys, S Sun, Q Peng, J Tung, X Zhou - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Identifying genetic variants that are associated with methylation variation—an analysis
commonly referred to as methylation quantitative trait locus (mQTL) map**—is important …

Genome-wide study of DNA methylation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identifies differentially methylated loci and implicates metabolic, inflammatory and cholesterol …

PJ Hop, RAJ Zwamborn, E Hannon, GL Shireby… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with an estimated
heritability of around 50%. DNA methylation patterns can serve as biomarkers of (past) …

OCEAN: Flexible Feature Set Aggregation for Analysis of Multi-omics Data

M Ebrahimpoor, R Menezes, N Xu… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Integrated analysis of multi-omics datasets holds great promise for uncovering complex
biological processes. However, the large dimension of omics data poses significant …