Blood-based profiles of DNA methylation predict the underlying distribution of cell types: A validation analysis

Epigenetics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 816-826

  Koestler, Devin C ^a   Christensen, Brock C ^a   Karagas, Margaret R ^a   Marsit, Carmen J ^a   Langevin, Scott M ^b,c   Kelsey, Karl T ^b,c   Wiencke, John K ^d   Houseman, E Andres ^e  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell mixture analysis; DNA methylation; Leukocytes; Mixture deconvolution; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SMOKING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CELL MIXTURE ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; LEUKOCYTES; MIXTURE DECONVOLUTION; WHOLE-BLOOD;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES; MONOCYTES;

EID: 84880969686     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.25430     Document Type: Article

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