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Duration of contact sports play associated with aberrant DNA methylation in human frontal cortex.
Kerry A Breen, Nurgul Aytan, Samantha Hawkins, Raymond Nicks, Victor E Alvarez, Jesse Mez, Jan Krzysztof Blusztajn, Jonathan D Cherry, Ann C McKee, Honghuang Lin and 1 more
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Kerry A BreenDepartment of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biophysics, Boston Chobanian & Avedisian University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1177-3493 Nurgul AytanBoston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston Chobanian & Avedisian University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Samantha HawkinsBoston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston Chobanian & Avedisian University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Raymond NicksBoston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston Chobanian & Avedisian University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Victor E AlvarezBoston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston Chobanian & Avedisian University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Jesse MezBoston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston Chobanian & Avedisian University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Jan Krzysztof BlusztajnDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8438-3122 Jonathan D CherryBoston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston Chobanian & Avedisian University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Ann C McKeeBoston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston Chobanian & Avedisian University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Honghuang LinProgram in Digital Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3043-3942 Thor D SteinBoston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston Chobanian & Avedisian University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6954-4477 Funding
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6 · The paper itselfAbstract
Repetitive head impacts (RHI), primarily through contact sports play and military service, are a recognized risk factor for cognitive and behavioral symptoms, as well as progressive neurodegenerative diseases such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy. While altered DNA methylation has been linked to environmental exposures and neurodegeneration, its association with RHI remains unknown. In this study, we investigated whether duration of contact sports play in a community-based aging cohort is associated with altered DNA methylation patterns. Reduced representation bisulfite sequencing on human dorsolateral frontal cortex identified 461 genome-wide significant CpG sites associated with duration of contact sports play, spanning 13 genes of which the majority were hypomethylated. The hypomethylation pattern was largely replicated in an independent cohort. Notably,
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