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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2010

Principles and challenges of genomewide DNA methylation analysis.

Peter W Laird

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 725 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

725 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Peter W LairdUSC Epigenome Center, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, 90089‑9601, USA. plaird@usc.edu

Funding

The USC-JHU Cancer Epigenome Characterization CenterU24CA143882 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI BAYLIN, STEPHEN B., WEISENBERGER, DANIEL JOSEPH · 2009 to 2016
$13.3M
CpG Island Methylator Phenotype in Human Colorectal CancerR01CA118699 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI LAIRD, PETER W · 2007 to 2011
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA118699NCI NIH HHS R01-CA118699NCI NIH HHS U24-CA143882
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methylation of cytosine bases in DNA provides a layer of epigenetic control in many eukaryotes that has important implications for normal biology and disease. Therefore, profiling DNA methylation across the genome is vital to understanding the influence of epigenetics. There has been a revolution in DNA methylation analysis technology over the past decade: analyses that previously were restricted to specific loci can now be performed on a genome-scale and entire methylomes can be characterized at single-base-pair resolution. However, there is such a diversity of DNA methylation profiling techniques that it can be challenging to select one. This Review discusses the different approaches and their relative merits and introduces considerations for data analysis.

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Genetic TechniquesAnimalsChromatin ImmunoprecipitationComputational BiologyCpG IslandsDNA MethylationDNA Restriction EnzymesEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression ProfilingGenomicsHumansNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesReproducibility of ResultsSequence Analysis, DNASulfitesDNA Restriction Enzymessodium bisulfiteSulfites

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PMID20125086

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