2024
Computationally inferred cell-type specific epigenome-wide DNA methylation analysis unveils distinct methylation patterns among immune cells for HIV infection in three cohorts
Zhang X, Hu Y, Vandenhoudt R, Yan C, Marconi V, Cohen M, Wang Z, Justice A, Aouizerat B, Xu K. Computationally inferred cell-type specific epigenome-wide DNA methylation analysis unveils distinct methylation patterns among immune cells for HIV infection in three cohorts. PLOS Pathogens 2024, 20: e1012063. PMID: 38466776, PMCID: PMC10957090, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCD4+ T cellsEpigenome-wide association studiesPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsHIV infectionHIV pathogenesisT cellsCpG sitesNatural killer (NK) cellsCell typesAssociated with HIV infectionCD8+ T cellsMethylation patternsCpG methylationDNA methylationEpigenome-wide DNA methylation analysisBlood mononuclear cellsImmune cell typesDifferentially methylated CpG sitesUnique CpG sitesDifferential CpG methylationDNA methylation analysisSignificant CpG sitesArray-based methodsGene set enrichment analysisComputational deconvolution methods
2023
Cis-meQTL for cocaine use-associated DNA methylation in an HIV-positive cohort show pleiotropic effects on multiple traits
Cheng Y, Justice A, Wang Z, Li B, Hancock D, Johnson E, Xu K. Cis-meQTL for cocaine use-associated DNA methylation in an HIV-positive cohort show pleiotropic effects on multiple traits. BMC Genomics 2023, 24: 556. PMID: 37730558, PMCID: PMC10510240, DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09661-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA methylationMultiple traitsPleiotropic effectsGenetic variantsAberrant DNA methylationPhenome-wide association studyCis-meQTLsComplex traitsRelevant traitsDNAm sitesEnrichment analysisMeQTLsAssociation studiesSignificant traitsTraitsImmune pathwaysMethylationNew insightsMendelian randomizationImmunological functionsGenesVariantsCausal rolePathwayCpG