Comparison of different cell type correction methods for genome-scale epigenetics studies

Abstract Background Whole blood is frequently utilized in genome-wide association studies of DNA methylation patterns in relation to environmental exposures or clinical outcomes. These associations can be confounded by cellular heterogeneity. Algorithms have been developed to measure or adjust for t...

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Main Authors: Akhilesh Kaushal, Hongmei Zhang, Wilfried J. J. Karmaus, Meredith Ray, Mylin A. Torres, Alicia K. Smith, Shu-Li Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12859-017-1611-2