Cell type specific DNA methylation in cord blood: A 450K-reference data set and cell count-based validation of estimated cell type composition

Epigenetics

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 690-698

  Gervin, Kristina ^a   Page, Christian Magnus ^b   Aass, Hans Christian D ^a   Jansen, Michelle A ^c   Fjeldstad, Heidi Elisabeth ^a   Andreassen, Bettina Kulle ^d   Duijts, Liesbeth ^c   van Meurs, Joyce B ^c   van Zelm, Menno C ^c,e   Jaddoe, Vincent W ^c   Nordeng, Hedvig ^f   Knudsen, Gunn Peggy ^b   Magnus, Per ^b   Nystad, Wenche ^b   Staff, Anne Cathrine ^a,g   Felix, Janine F ^c   Lyle, Robert ^a,f  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cellular heterogeneity; cord blood; DNA methylation; EWAS; reference data set

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL COUNT; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VALIDATION PROCESS; BLOOD CELL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BLOOD CELLS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84988807101     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2016.1214782     Document Type: Article

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