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Epigenome-wide association studies identify DNA methylation associated with kidney function

Authors :
Audrey Y. Chu
Adrienne Tin
Pascal Schlosser
Yi-An Ko
Chengxiang Qiu
Chen Yao
Roby Joehanes
Morgan E. Grams
Liming Liang
Caroline A. Gluck
Chunyu Liu
Josef Coresh
Shih-Jen Hwang
Daniel Levy
Eric Boerwinkle
James S. Pankow
Qiong Yang
Myriam Fornage
Caroline S. Fox
Katalin Susztak
Anna Köttgen
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

Genome-wide association studies of kidney function show enrichment of associated genetic variants in regulatory regions. Here, the authors perform epigenome-wide association studies of kidney function and disease, identifying 19 CpG sites significantly associated with these.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.45e696452b874395a34728e50924938d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01297-7