Incorporation of DNA methylation quantitative trait loci (mQTLs) in epigenome-wide association analysis: application to birthweight effects in neonatal whole blood
Li S, Mancuso N, Metayer C, Ma X, de Smith A, Wiemels J. Incorporation of DNA methylation quantitative trait loci (mQTLs) in epigenome-wide association analysis: application to birthweight effects in neonatal whole blood. Clinical Epigenetics 2022, 14: 158. PMID: 36457128, PMCID: PMC9714153, DOI: 10.1186/s13148-022-01385-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethylation quantitative trait lociSingle nucleotide polymorphismsDNA methylationGenetic variationDNA methylation quantitative trait lociGenetic effectsDiverse genetic ancestryEPIC arrayCpG island shore regionQuantitative trait lociDNA methylation dataEpigenome-wide association analysisTrait lociDevelopmental traitsEWAS resultsGenetic elementsGene expressionMethylation dataAssociation studiesK arrayAssociation analysisCertain lociMethylation levelsIllumina 450Top hits