Comparison of different cell type correction methods for genome-scale epigenetics studies

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Kaushal, Akhilesh ^a   Zhang, Hongmei ^a   Karmaus, Wilfried J J ^a   Ray, Meredith ^a   Torres, Mylin A ^b,c   Smith, Alicia K ^b,c   Wang, Shu Li ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cell type composition; CpG sites; Genome scale DNA methylation; Surrogate variables

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; ALUMINUM; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DNA; ESTIMATION; GENES; METHYLATION;

CELL TYPES; CPG SITES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION PATTERN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURROGATE VARIABLES;

CELLS;

ARSENIC;

ALGORITHM; BLOOD CELL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE;

ALGORITHMS; ARSENIC; BLOOD CELLS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEOPLASMS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85018522240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12859-017-1611-2     Document Type: Article

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