Epigenome-wide association studies identify DNA methylation associated with kidney function

Genome-wide association studies of kidney function show enrichment of associated genetic variants in regulatory regions. Here, the authors perform epigenome-wide association studies of kidney function and disease, identifying 19 CpG sites significantly associated with these.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Audrey Y. Chu, Adrienne Tin, Pascal Schlosser, Yi-An Ko, Chengxiang Qiu, Chen Yao, Roby Joehanes, Morgan E. Grams, Liming Liang, Caroline A. Gluck, Chunyu Liu, Josef Coresh, Shih-Jen Hwang, Daniel Levy, Eric Boerwinkle, James S. Pankow, Qiong Yang, Myriam Fornage, Caroline S. Fox, Katalin Susztak, Anna Köttgen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01297-7