2019
DNA Methylation Markers of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Male Veterans With or Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Mathur R, Hui Q, Huang Y, Gwinn M, So-Armah K, Freiberg MS, Justice AC, Xu K, Marconi VC, Sun YV. DNA Methylation Markers of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Male Veterans With or Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2019, 219: 1959-1962. PMID: 30649532, PMCID: PMC6534194, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionHIV infection statusImmunodeficiency virus infectionVirus infectionVeterans Aging Cohort StudyType 2 diabetes mellitusInfection statusPancreatic β-cell functionAging Cohort StudyΒ-cell functionCohort studyDiabetes mellitusT2DM pathogenesisMale veteransType 2DNA methylation markersSuggestive interactionStatistical significanceMale participantsMellitusT2DMMethylation markersNovel associationsInfectionSuggestive statistical significance
2017
DNA methylation signatures of illicit drug injection and hepatitis C are associated with HIV frailty
Zhang X, Hu Y, Justice AC, Li B, Wang Z, Zhao H, Krystal JH, Xu K. DNA methylation signatures of illicit drug injection and hepatitis C are associated with HIV frailty. Nature Communications 2017, 8: 2243. PMID: 29269866, PMCID: PMC5740109, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02326-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIllicit drug injectionHepatitis C infectionWhite blood cellsIllicit drug useCo-occurring conditionsMethylation signaturesDiscovery sampleC infectionHepatitis CEpigenome-wide association analysisLower frailtyDrug injectionHigh frailtyImmune functionHealth outcomesDrug useFrailtyDNA methylation signaturesBlood cellsHIVReplication sampleEpigenetic programmingSignificant CpGsEpigenetic effectsIndividuals