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Methylation profiling by array of subcutaneous fat derived from 856 TwinsUK participants

ABSTRACT: Epigenetic changes such as DNA methylation variation are known to play a role in gene regulation and common disease susceptibility. Little is known about the genome-wide frequency, localization and function of such changes and how they are regulated by genetic and environmental factors. We have utilized the MuTHER resource and generated methylation profiles across multiple tissues conducted in a large set of female individuals that allows systematic dissection of genetic and non-genetic effects on DNA methylation. DNA methylation was quantified in subcutaneous fat and skin derived from 648 TwinsUK participants using the Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChips. Data from transcription profiling of skin, adipose fat and lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) from the same set of TwinsUK participants have been deposited in ArrayExpress under accession number E-TABM-1140 (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress/experiments/E-TABM-1140).

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Elin Grundberg

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-1866 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Mapping cis- and trans-regulatory effects across multiple tissues in twins.

Grundberg Elin E Small Kerrin S KS Hedman Åsa K ÅK Nica Alexandra C AC Buil Alfonso A Keildson Sarah S Bell Jordana T JT Yang Tsun-Po TP Meduri Eshwar E Barrett Amy A Nisbett James J Sekowska Magdalena M Wilk Alicja A Shin So-Youn SY Glass Daniel D Travers Mary M Min Josine L JL Ring Sue S Ho Karen K Thorleifsson Gudmar G Kong Augustine A Thorsteindottir Unnur U Ainali Chrysanthi C Dimas Antigone S AS Hassanali Neelam N Ingle Catherine C Knowles David D Krestyaninova Maria M Lowe Christopher E CE Di Meglio Paola P Montgomery Stephen B SB Parts Leopold L Potter Simon S Surdulescu Gabriela G Tsaprouni Loukia L Tsoka Sophia S Bataille Veronique V Durbin Richard R Nestle Frank O FO O'Rahilly Stephen S Soranzo Nicole N Lindgren Cecilia M CM Zondervan Krina T KT Ahmadi Kourosh R KR Schadt Eric E EE Stefansson Kari K Smith George Davey GD McCarthy Mark I MI Deloukas Panos P Dermitzakis Emmanouil T ET Spector Tim D TD

Nature genetics 20120902 10

Sequence-based variation in gene expression is a key driver of disease risk. Common variants regulating expression in cis have been mapped in many expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) studies, typically in single tissues from unrelated individuals. Here, we present a comprehensive analysis of gene expression across multiple tissues conducted in a large set of mono- and dizygotic twins that allows systematic dissection of genetic (cis and trans) and non-genetic effects on gene expression. U ...[more]

PMID: 22941192

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Methylation profiling by array of subcutaneous fat derived from 856 TwinsUK participants

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Mapping cis- and trans-regulatory effects across multiple tissues in twins.

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