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ArticleTransplantation direct2022

The Role of Dynamic DNA Methylation in Liver Transplant Rejection in Children.

Mylarappa Ningappa, Xiaojian Shao, Chethan Ashokkumar, Qingyong Xu, Adriana Zeevi, Elin Grundberg, Tomi Pastinen, Rakesh Sindhi

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Article in Transplantation direct, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mylarappa NingappaDepartment of Transplant Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Xiaojian ShaoDigital Technologies Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Chethan AshokkumarDepartment of Transplant Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Qingyong XuDepartment of Pathology, Histocompatibility Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Adriana ZeeviDepartment of Pathology, The Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Elin GrundbergGenomic Medicine Center, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Children's Mercy Research Institute, Kansas City, MO.
Tomi PastinenGenomic Medicine Center, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Children's Mercy Research Institute, Kansas City, MO.
Rakesh SindhiDepartment of Transplant Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcriptional regulation of liver transplant (LT) rejection may reveal novel predictive and therapeutic targets. The purpose of this article is to test the role of differential DNA methylation in children with biopsy-proven acute cellular rejection after LT. Methods: Paired peripheral blood DNA samples were obtained before and after LT from 17 children, including 4 rejectors (Rs) and 13 nonrejectors (NRs), and assayed with MethylC capture sequencing approach covering 5 million CpGs in immune-cell-specific regulatory elements. Differentially methylated CpGs (DMCs) were identified using generalized linear regression models adjusting for sex and age and merged into differentially methylated regions (DMRs) comprising 3 or more DMCs. Results: Contrasting Rs versus NRs, we identified 2238 DMCs in post-LT and 2620 DMCs in pre-LT samples, which clustered in 216 and 282 DMRs, respectively. DMCs associated with R were enriched in enhancers and depleted in promoters. Among DMRs, the proportion of hypomethylated DMRs increased from 61/282 (22%) in pre-LT to 103/216 (48%, Conclusions: Dynamic methylation in distal regulatory regions reveals known transplant-relevant MHC-dependent rejection pathways and identifies novel loci for future mechanistic evaluations in pediatric transplant subcohorts.

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