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ArticleHuman genetics2024

DNA methylation signatures for chromatinopathies: current challenges and future applications.

Zain Awamleh, Sarah Goodman, Sanaa Choufani, Rosanna Weksberg

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Article in Human genetics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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4 authors.

Zain AwamlehGenetics and Genome Biology Program, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Sarah GoodmanGenetics and Genome Biology Program, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Sanaa ChoufaniGenetics and Genome Biology Program, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Rosanna WeksbergGenetics and Genome Biology Program, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada. rweksb@sickkids.ca.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogenic variants in genes that encode epigenetic regulators are the cause for more than 100 rare neurodevelopmental syndromes also termed "chromatinopathies". DNA methylation signatures, syndrome-specific patterns of DNA methylation alterations, serve as both a research avenue for elucidating disease pathophysiology and a clinical diagnostic tool. The latter is well established, especially for the classification of variants of uncertain significance (VUS). In this perspective, we describe the seminal DNA methylation signature research in chromatinopathies; the complex relationships between genotype, phenotype and DNA methylation, and the future applications of DNA methylation signatures.

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ChromatinDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticHumansNeurodevelopmental DisordersPhenotypeChromatin

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PMID37022461
PMCPMC11078831

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