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ArticleMedical epigenetics2014

Pyrosequencing Evaluation of Widely Available Bisulfite Conversion Methods: Considerations for Application.

Benedetta Izzi, Alexandra M Binder, Karin B Michels

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Article in Medical epigenetics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Benedetta IzziInstitute for Prevention and Cancer Epidemiology, Freiburg Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ; Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA.
Alexandra M BinderHarvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Boston, Mass., USA.
Karin B MichelsInstitute for Prevention and Cancer Epidemiology, Freiburg Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ; Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA ; Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Boston, Mass., USA.
Harvard University · US

Funding

Predictors of Mammary Gland Development & Breast Fibroglandular Volume at pubertyR01CA158313 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI MICHELS, KARIN B · 2012 to 2015
$1.9M
Predoctoral Training Program in Reproductive, Perinatal & Pediatric EpidemiologyT32HD060454 · NICHD · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI MICHELS, KARIN B · 2010 to 2014
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA158313NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD060454
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionBisulfite treatment of DNA introduces methylation-dependent sequence changes through selective chemical conversion of nonmethylated cytosine to uracil and serves as pretreatment step for the majority of DNA methylation analysis methods.

methodsWe have evaluated the conversion performance of five of the most commonly used bisulfite treatment kits [MethylDetector (Active Motif), Epitect+ (Qiagen), Zymo Methylation, Zymo Gold and Zymo Lightning (all from Zymo Research)] by pyrosequencing four different regions with variable methylation levels, including: a repetitive element (

resultsAll kits produced similar conversion rates of

conclusionsThe selection of a long-cycling protocol during conversion permits standardization of protocols, improving the reproducibility of methylation estimates across laboratories for gene-specific, genome-wide and bisulfite-based sequencing analyses.

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Bisulfite treatmentDNA methylationPyrosequencing Abstract

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PMID24944560
PMCPMC4058339
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