The impact of methylation quantitative trait loci (mQTLs) on active smoking-related DNA methylation changes

Abstract Background Methylation quantitative trait loci (mQTLs) are the genetic variants that may affect the DNA methylation patterns of CpG sites. However, their roles in influencing the disturbances of smoking-related epigenetic changes have not been well established. This study was conducted to a...

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Main Authors: Xu Gao, Hauke Thomsen, Yan Zhang, Lutz Philipp Breitling, Hermann Brenner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Clinical Epigenetics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13148-017-0387-6