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epialleleR: an R/Bioconductor package for sensitive allele-specific methylation analysis in NGS data.
GigaScience - 28 Dec 2022
Nikolaienko Oleksii, Lønning Per Eystein, Knappskog Stian
Abstract excerpt
Low-level mosaic epimutations within the BRCA1 gene promoter occur in 5-8% of healthy individuals and are associated with a significantly elevated risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Similar events may also affect other tumor suppressor genes, potentially being a significant contributor to cancer burden. While this opens a new area for translational research, detection of low-level mosaic epigenetic events...
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