Characterization of whole-genome autosomal differences of DNA methylation between men and women

Epigenetics and Chromatin

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Singmann, Paula ^a   Shem Tov, Doron ^b   Wahl, Simone ^a,c   Grallert, Harald ^a,c   Fiorito, Giovanni ^d,e   Shin, So Youn ^f,g   Schramm, Katharina ^a,h   Wolf, Petra ^a,h   Kunze, Sonja ^a   Baran, Yael ^b   Guarrera, Simonetta ^d,e   Vineis, Paolo ^d,i   Krogh, Vittorio ^j   Panico, Salvatore ^k   Tumino, Rosario ^l   Kretschmer, Anja ^a   Gieger, Christian ^a   Peters, Annette ^a,c   Prokisch, Holger ^a,h   Relton, Caroline L ^f,g   Matullo, Giuseppe ^d,e   Illig, Thomas ^a,m   Waldenberger, Melanie ^a   Halperin, Eran ^b,n   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH DZD   (Germany)

^d Human Genetics Foundation   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^l CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

ⁿ INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

ALSPAC; CpG; DNA methylation; Enrichment analysis; EPICOR; EWAS; Imprinting; KORA; Sex

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CPG ISLAND; CROSS HYBRIDIZATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EPITHELIUM; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84944383098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17568935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13072-015-0035-3     Document Type: Article

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