2022
Incorporation of DNA methylation quantitative trait loci (mQTLs) in epigenome-wide association analysis: application to birthweight effects in neonatal whole blood
Li S, Mancuso N, Metayer C, Ma X, de Smith A, Wiemels J. Incorporation of DNA methylation quantitative trait loci (mQTLs) in epigenome-wide association analysis: application to birthweight effects in neonatal whole blood. Clinical Epigenetics 2022, 14: 158. PMID: 36457128, PMCID: PMC9714153, DOI: 10.1186/s13148-022-01385-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethylation quantitative trait lociSingle nucleotide polymorphismsDNA methylationGenetic variationDNA methylation quantitative trait lociGenetic effectsDiverse genetic ancestryEPIC arrayCpG island shore regionQuantitative trait lociDNA methylation dataEpigenome-wide association analysisTrait lociDevelopmental traitsEWAS resultsGenetic elementsGene expressionMethylation dataAssociation studiesK arrayAssociation analysisCertain lociMethylation levelsIllumina 450Top hits
2021
Epigenome-Wide Association Study of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children with Down Syndrome
Li S, Sok P, Xu K, Muskens I, Elliott N, Myint S, Pandey P, Hansen H, Morimoto L, Kang A, Metayer C, Ma X, Mueller B, Roy A, Roberts I, Rabin K, Brown A, Lupo P, Wiemels J, de Smith A. Epigenome-Wide Association Study of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children with Down Syndrome. Blood 2021, 138: 214. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2021-151454.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpigenome-wide association studiesB cell proportionsAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaNon-DS populationCell type proportionsDNA methylation dataSingle nucleotide polymorphismsDS-ALLCell proportionAssociation studiesDS controlBlood cell proportionsLymphoblastic leukemiaMethylation dataGenome-wide DNA methylation arraysGenome-wide SNP array dataB-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaGenome-wide association studiesLeukemic stem cell functionsDiscovery studiesStem cell functionRecent genome-wide association studiesDNA methylation arraysEpigenome-wide significanceNatural killer cells