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Severity of Idiopathic Scoliosis Is Associated with Differential Methylation: An Epigenome-Wide Association Study of Monozygotic Twins with Idiopathic Scoliosis.

Patrick M Carry, Elizabeth A Terhune, George D Trahan, Lauren A Vanderlinden, Cambria I Wethey, Parvaneh Ebrahimi, Fiona McGuigan, Kristina Åkesson, Nancy Hadley-Miller

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Article in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Patrick M CarryMusculoskeletal Research Center, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Elizabeth A TerhuneDepartment of Orthopedics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
George D TrahanDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Lauren A VanderlindenDepartment of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Cambria I WetheyDepartment of Orthopedics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Parvaneh EbrahimiClinical Sciences Malmo, Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit, Lund University, S-205 02 Malmö, Sweden.
Fiona McGuiganClinical Sciences Malmo, Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit, Lund University, S-205 02 Malmö, Sweden.
Kristina ÅkessonClinical Sciences Malmo, Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit, Lund University, S-205 02 Malmö, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-3024-2804
Nancy Hadley-MillerMusculoskeletal Research Center, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Lund University · SEUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · USChildren's Hospital Colorado · USColorado School of Public Health · US

Funding

Familial idiopathic scoliosis: gene discovery and functional studiesR01AR068292 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI HADLEY-MILLER, NANCY · 2015 to 2019
$1.7M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR068292
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigenetic mechanisms may contribute to idiopathic scoliosis (IS). We identified 8 monozygotic twin pairs with IS, 6 discordant (Cobb angle difference > 10°) and 2 concordant (Cobb angle difference ≤ 2°). Genome-wide methylation in blood was measured with the Infinium HumanMethylation EPIC Beadchip. We tested for differences in methylation and methylation variability between discordant twins and tested the association between methylation and curve severity in all twins. Differentially methylated region (DMR) analyses identified gene promoter regions. Methylation at cg12959265 (chr. 7

Indexed as

DNA MethylationAdolescentAdultAged, 80 and overChild, PreschoolDiseases in TwinsEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansScoliosisSeverity of Illness IndexTwins, Monozygoticbonecurve severitydifferentially methylated regiondiscordantDNA methylationepigenome-wide association studyidiopathic scoliosismonozygotic twin

Identifiers

PMID34440365
PMCPMC8391702
OpenAlexW3188823579

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