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Methylome-wide Association Study of Atrial Fibrillation in Framingham Heart Study.
Scientific reports - 9 Jan 2017
Lin Honghuang, Yin Xiaoyan, Xie Zhijun, Lunetta Kathryn L, Lubitz Steven A, Larson Martin G, Ko Darae, Magnani Jared W, Mendelson Michael M, Liu Chunyu, McManus David D, Levy Daniel, Ellinor Patrick T, Benjamin Emelia J
Abstract excerpt
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, but little is known about the molecular mechanisms associated with AF arrhythmogenesis. DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mechanism that regulates gene expression and downstream biological processes. We hypothesize that DNA methylation might play an important role in the susceptibility to develop AF. A total of 2,639 participants from the...
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