학술논문
An epigenome-wide study of obesity in African American youth and young adults: novel findings, replication in neutrophils, and relationship with gene expression
Document Type
article
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Source
Clinical Epigenetics, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2018)
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Language
English
ISSN
1868-7075
1868-7083
1868-7083
Abstract
Abstract Background We conducted an epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) on obesity in healthy youth and young adults and further examined to what extent identified signals influenced gene expression and were independent of cell type composition and obesity-related cardio-metabolic risk factors. Genome-wide DNA methylation data from leukocytes were obtained from 700 African Americans aged 14–36. We also measured genome-wide DNA methylation data from neutrophils as well as genome-wide gene expression data from leukocytes in a subset of samples (n = 188). Results The EWAS identified 76 obesity-related CpG sites in leukocytes with p