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Heritable DNA Methylation in CD4+ Cells among Complex Families Displays Genetic and Non-Genetic Effects.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Day Kenneth, Waite Lindsay L, Alonso Arnald, Irvin Marguerite R, Zhi Degui, Thibeault Krista S, Aslibekyan Stella, Hidalgo Bertha, Borecki Ingrid B, Ordovas Jose M, Arnett Donna K, Tiwari Hemant K, Absher Devin M
Abstract excerpt
DNA methylation at CpG sites is both heritable and influenced by environment, but the relative contributions of each to DNA methylation levels are unclear. We conducted a heritability analysis of CpG methylation in human CD4+ cells across 975 individuals from 163 families in the Genetics of Lipid-lowering Drugs and Diet Network (GOLDN). Based on a broad-sense heritability (H2) value threshold of 0.4, we...
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