Histone modification signature at myeloperoxidase and proteinase 3 in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated vasculitis

Clinical Epigenetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Yang, Jiajin ^a   Ge, Heng ^a,b   Poulton, Caroline J ^a   Hogan, Susan L ^a   Hu, Yichun ^a   Jones, Britta E ^a   Henderson, Candace D ^a   McInnis, Elizabeth A ^a   Pendergraft, William F ^a   Jennette, J Charles ^a   Falk, Ronald J ^a   Ciavatta, Dominic J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ANCA associated vasculitis; Autoantigens; Epigenetics; Gene expression; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MYELOBLASTIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PEROXIDASE;

ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EHMT1 GENE; EHMT2 GENE; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ING4 GENE; MPO GENE; MSL1 GENE; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRTN3 GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ACYLATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PROCEDURES;

ACYLATION; ANTI-NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; MYELOBLASTIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEROXIDASE;

EID: 84995687642     PISSN: 18687075     EISSN: 18687083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13148-016-0251-0     Document Type: Article

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