2022
DNA Methylation Mediates the Association Between Individual and Neighborhood Social Disadvantage and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Wang Y, Zhao W, Ammous F, Song Y, Du J, Shang L, Ratliff S, Moore K, Kelly K, Needham B, Roux A, Liu Y, Butler K, Kardia S, Mukherjee B, Zhou X, Smith J. DNA Methylation Mediates the Association Between Individual and Neighborhood Social Disadvantage and Cardiovascular Risk Factors. Frontiers In Cardiovascular Medicine 2022, 9: 848768. PMID: 35665255, PMCID: PMC9162507, DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.848768.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexCardiovascular risk factorsNeighborhood socioeconomic disadvantageMulti-Ethnic Study of AtherosclerosisNeighborhood-level disadvantagePoor cardiovascular healthSocioeconomic statusSocioeconomic disadvantageRisk factorsCardiovascular healthAssociated with poor cardiovascular healthSocial disadvantageAdult socioeconomic statusBody mass index adjustmentAssociations of individual-HDL-CPrincipal components of ancestryGenetic principal componentsMeasures of obesityLow socioeconomic statusPopulation-based cohortMulti-Ethnic StudyStudy of AtherosclerosisHDL-C associationHigh-density lipoprotein cholesterol
2019
Expression of socially sensitive genes: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis
Brown K, Diez-Roux A, Smith J, Needham B, Mukherjee B, Ware E, Liu Y, Cole S, Seeman T, Kardia S. Expression of socially sensitive genes: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. PLOS ONE 2019, 14: e0214061. PMID: 30973896, PMCID: PMC6459532, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expressionSocial factorsAdult socioeconomic statusPopulation-based cohortMulti-Ethnic StudyMarginal significant associationPercentage of genesInfluence gene expressionLinear regressionExpression of genesLifetime discriminationSocioeconomic statusChronic burdenOverall healthInvestigate associationsGene approachGene setsLinear regression analysisSignificant associationGenesExpression patternsMultiple testingSensitive to social factorsCell typesRegression analysis
2015
Life course socioeconomic status and DNA methylation in genes related to stress reactivity and inflammation: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis
Needham B, Smith J, Zhao W, Wang X, Mukherjee B, Kardia S, Shively C, Seeman T, Liu Y, Roux A. Life course socioeconomic status and DNA methylation in genes related to stress reactivity and inflammation: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Epigenetics 2015, 10: 958-969. PMID: 26295359, PMCID: PMC4844216, DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2015.1085139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMulti-Ethnic Study of AtherosclerosisAssociated with DNA methylationSocioeconomic statusStress-related genesMulti-Ethnic StudyStudy of AtherosclerosisDNA methylationLow adult socioeconomic statusLife course socioeconomic statusLow childhood socioeconomic statusMeasures of socioeconomic statusAdult socioeconomic statusSocial patterning of diseaseChildhood socioeconomic statusGene expressionLow socioeconomic statusLife course measuresAssociated with gene expressionInflammation-related genesFunctional consequences of alterationsDNA methylation measurementsNon-HispanicHispanic participantsPotential functional consequencesEpigenetic data