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Trial reportScientific reports2020

DNA methylation and gene expression signatures are associated with ataxia-telangiectasia phenotype.

Sharon A McGrath-Morrow, Roland Ndeh, Kathryn A Helmin, Basil Khuder, Cynthia Rothblum-Oviatt, Joseph M Collaco, Jennifer Wright, Paul A Reyfman, Howard M Lederman, Benjamin D Singer

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Epigenetic networks coordinate DNA methylation across the genome.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  16. ATM Kinase-Dependent Regulation of Autophagy: A Key Player in Senescence?Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sharon A McGrath-MorrowEudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. smcgrath@jhmi.edu.
Roland NdehEudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Kathryn A HelminDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Basil KhuderDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Cynthia Rothblum-OviattA-T Children's Project, Coconut Creek, FL, USA.
Joseph M CollacoEudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jennifer WrightEudowood Division of Pediatric, Allergy and Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Paul A ReyfmanDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Howard M LedermanEudowood Division of Pediatric, Allergy and Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Benjamin D SingerDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Northwestern University · USJohns Hopkins University · USJohns Hopkins Medicine · USA-T Children's Project · US

Funding

Mechanisms of regulatory T cell-mediated recovery from severe viral pneumoniaR01HL149883 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Benjamin David Singer · 2020 to 2026
$4.1M
Resolution of Diffuse Inflammatory Lung Injury in Neonatal MiceR01HL114800 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MCGRATH-MORROW, SHARON ANN · 2013 to 2021
$3.3M
Regulatory T cell Uhrf1 and DNA methylation in repair of acute lung injuryK08HL128867 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI SINGER, BENJAMIN DAVID · 2015 to 2019
$779k
Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis to Identify Drivers of Pulmonary FibrosisK08HL146943 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI REYFMAN, PAUL A · 2020 to 2021
$326k
NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL128867NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL146943NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL114800NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL149883
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People with ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) display phenotypic variability with regard to progression of immunodeficiency, sino-pulmonary disease, and neurologic decline. To determine the association between differential gene expression, epigenetic state, and phenotypic variation among people with A-T, we performed transcriptional and genome-wide DNA methylation profiling in patients with mild and classic A-T progression as well as healthy controls. RNA and genomic DNA were isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells for transcriptional and DNA methylation profiling with RNA-sequencing and modified reduced representation bisulfite sequencing, respectively. We identified 555 genes that were differentially expressed among the control, mild A-T, and classic A-T groups. Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling revealed differential promoter methylation in cis with 146 of these differentially expressed genes. Functional enrichment analysis identified significant enrichment in immune, growth, and apoptotic pathways among the methylation-regulated genes. Regardless of clinical phenotype, all A-T participants exhibited downregulation of critical genes involved in B cell function (PAX5, CD79A, CD22, and FCRL1) and upregulation of several genes associated with senescence and malignancy, including SERPINE1. These findings indicate that gene expression differences may be associated with phenotypic variability and suggest that DNA methylation regulates expression of critical immune response genes in people with A-T.

Indexed as

Ataxia TelangiectasiaDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticTranscriptomeFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansLeukocytes, MononuclearMaleMiddle Aged

Identifiers

PMID32366930
PMCPMC7198504
OpenAlexW3022224424

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