Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

The genome-wide impact of trisomy 21 on DNA methylation and its implications for hematopoiesis

  • Ivo S. Muskens,
  • Shaobo Li,
  • Thomas Jackson,
  • Natalina Elliot,
  • Helen M. Hansen,
  • Swe Swe Myint,
  • Priyatama Pandey,
  • Jeremy M. Schraw,
  • Ritu Roy,
  • Joaquin Anguiano,
  • Katerina Goudevenou,
  • Kimberly D. Siegmund,
  • Philip J. Lupo,
  • Marella F. T. R. de Bruijn,
  • Kyle M. Walsh,
  • Paresh Vyas,
  • Xiaomei Ma,
  • Anindita Roy,
  • Irene Roberts,
  • Joseph L. Wiemels,
  • Adam J. de Smith

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21064-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Down syndrome has a high co-morbidity with immune and hematopoietic disorders. Here, the authors perform an epigenome-wide association study in newborns with and without Down syndrome to find differential methylation across the genome, including in hematopoietic regulators RUNX1 and FLI1.