Blood-based epigenome-wide analyses of 19 common disease states: A longitudinal, population-based linked cohort study of 18,413 Scottish individuals

RF Hillary, DL McCartney, HM Smith, E Bernabeu… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background DNA methylation is a dynamic epigenetic mechanism that occurs at cytosine-
phosphate-guanine dinucleotide (CpG) sites. Epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) …

Unveiling the future of metabolic medicine: omics technologies driving personalized solutions for precision treatment of metabolic disorders

S Singh, DK Sarma, V Verma, R Nagpal… - … and Biophysical Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metabolic disorders are increasingly prevalent worldwide, leading to high rates of morbidity
and mortality. The variety of metabolic illnesses can be addressed through personalized …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and opportunities

AA Motala, JC Mbanya, K Ramaiya, FJ Pirie… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), which was once thought to be rare in sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA), is now well established in this region. The SSA region is undergoing a rapid but …

Ten years of EWAS

S Wei, J Tao, J Xu, X Chen, Z Wang, N Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Epigenome‐wide association study (EWAS) has been applied to analyze DNA methylation
variation in complex diseases for a decade, and epigenome as a research target has …

Epigenome-wide association study of incident type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of five prospective European cohorts

E Fraszczyk, AMW Spijkerman, Y Zhang, S Brandmaier… - Diabetologia, 2022 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Type 2 diabetes is a complex metabolic disease with increasing
prevalence worldwide. Improving the prediction of incident type 2 diabetes using epigenetic …

Validation of an Integrated Genetic‐Epigenetic Test for the Assessment of Coronary Heart Disease

R Philibert, TK Dogan, S Knight, F Ahmad… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the world.
Unfortunately, many of the key diagnostic tools for CHD are insensitive, invasive, and costly; …

The emerging role of TXNIP in ischemic and cardiovascular diseases; a novel marker and therapeutic target

A Domingues, J Jolibois, P Marquet de Rougé… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Thioredoxin interacting protein (TXNIP) is a metabolism-oxidative-and inflammation-related
marker induced in cardiovascular diseases and is believed to represent a possible link …

Pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africans

JH Goedecke, AE Mendham - Diabetologia, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the region with the highest projected rates of increase
in type 2 diabetes (129% by 2045), which will exacerbate the already high prevalence of …

Epigenetics in precision nutrition

X Li, L Qi - Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2022 - mdpi.com
Precision nutrition is an emerging area of nutrition research, with primary focus on the
individual variability in response to dietary and lifestyle factors, which are mainly determined …

DNA methylation biomarkers of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular disease

A Fernández-Sanlés, S Sayols-Baixeras, I Subirana… - Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Background The epigenetic landscape underlying cardiovascular disease (CVD) is not
completely understood and the clinical value of the identified biomarkers is still limited. We …