Genome-wide peripheral blood leukocyte DNA methylation microarrays identified a single association with inflammatory bowel diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are common forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Monozygotic (MZ) twin discordance rates and epidemiologic data implicate that environmental changes and epigenetic factors may play a pathogenic role in IBD. DNA methylation (the methylation of cytosines within CpG dinucleotides) is an epigenetic modification, which can respond to environmental influences. We investigated whether DNA methylation might be connected with IBD in peripheral blood leukocyte (PBL) DNA by utilizing genome-wide microarrays.

Methods

Two different high-throughput microarray-based methods for genome-wide DNA methylation analysis were employed. First, DNA isolated from MZ twin pairs concordant (CD: 4; UC: 3) and discordant (CD: 4; UC: 7) for

SUBMITTER: Harris RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3812910 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature