Interindividual variability and co-regulation of DNA methylation differ among blood cell populations

Epigenetics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1421-1434

  Jacoby, Monique ^a   Gohrbandt, Sandra ^a   Clausse, Victor ^a   Brons, Nicolaas H ^b   Muller, Claude P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Cord blood; DNA methylation; Immune response genes; Interindividual variability; Peripheral blood

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD CELL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROMOTER REGION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 84870767737     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.22845     Document Type: Article

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