2024
A multi-trait epigenome-wide association study identified DNA methylation signature of inflammation among men with HIV
Chen J, Hui Q, Titanji B, So-Armah K, Freiberg M, Justice A, Xu K, Zhu X, Gwinn M, Marconi V, Sun Y. A multi-trait epigenome-wide association study identified DNA methylation signature of inflammation among men with HIV. Clinical Epigenetics 2024, 16: 152. PMID: 39488703, PMCID: PMC11531128, DOI: 10.1186/s13148-024-01763-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpigenome-wide association studiesDNA methylationAssociation studiesDNAm sitesDNA methylation sitesAssociated with DNA methylationDNA methylation signaturesInflammatory markersResponse to virusesImmune response to virusesVeterans Aging Cohort StudySignatures of inflammationGenesIdentified sitesAging Cohort StudyInflammation-related genesPathwayPersistent inflammationMale PWHCohort studyExcess morbidityPWHStudy populationInflammationStatistical power
2023
Trans-ancestry epigenome-wide association meta-analysis of DNA methylation with lifetime cannabis use
Fang F, Quach B, Lawrence K, van Dongen J, Marks J, Lundgren S, Lin M, Odintsova V, Costeira R, Xu Z, Zhou L, Mandal M, Xia Y, Vink J, Bierut L, Ollikainen M, Taylor J, Bell J, Kaprio J, Boomsma D, Xu K, Sandler D, Hancock D, Johnson E. Trans-ancestry epigenome-wide association meta-analysis of DNA methylation with lifetime cannabis use. Molecular Psychiatry 2023, 29: 124-133. PMID: 37935791, PMCID: PMC11078760, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02310-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpigenome-wide association studiesDNA methylationCpG sitesDNA methylation changesEpigenome-wide associationSignificant CpG sitesMethylation changesBlood-based DNA methylationAssociation studiesSignificant CpGsEWAS analysisFalse discovery rateMethylationHealth outcomesLifetime cannabisCigarette smokingDiscovery rateMethylation scoreADGRF1APOBRACTN1SitesADAM12CpGEnvironmental exposures