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