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Differential DNA Methylation Landscape in Skin Fibroblasts from African Americans with Systemic Sclerosis.
Genes - 20 Jan 2021
Baker Frost DeAnna, da Silveira Willian, Hazard E Starr, Atanelishvili Ilia, Wilson Robert C, Flume Jonathan, Day Kayleigh L, Oates James C, Bogatkevich Galina S, Feghali-Bostwick Carol, Hardiman Gary, Ramos Paula S
Abstract excerpt
The etiology and reasons underlying the ethnic disparities in systemic sclerosis (SSc) remain unknown. African Americans are disproportionally affected by SSc and yet are underrepresented in research. The aim of this study was to comprehensively investigate the association of DNA methylation levels with SSc in dermal fibroblasts from patients of African ancestry. Reduced representation bisulfite sequencing (RRBS)...
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