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Zhang, Y.* ; Wilson, R. ; Heiss, J.* ; Breitling, L.P.* ; Saum, K.U.* ; Schoettker, B.* ; Holleczek, B.* ; Waldenberger, M. ; Peters, A. ; Brenner, H.*

DNA methylation signatures in peripheral blood strongly predict all-cause mortality.

Nat. Commun. 8:14617 (2017)
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DNA methylation (DNAm) has been revealed to play a role in various diseases. Here we performed epigenome-wide screening and validation to identify mortality-related DNAm signatures in a general population-based cohort with up to 14 years follow-up. In the discovery panel in a case-cohort approach, 11,063 CpGs reach genome-wide significance (FDR<0.05). 58 CpGs, mapping to 38 well-known disease-related genes and 14 intergenic regions, are confirmed in a validation panel. A mortality risk score based on ten selected CpGs exhibits strong association with all-cause mortality, showing hazard ratios (95% CI) of 2.16 (1.10-4.24), 3.42 (1.81-6.46) and 7.36 (3.69-14.68), respectively, for participants with scores of 1, 2-5 and 5+ compared with a score of 0. These associations are confirmed in an independent cohort and are independent from the 'epigenetic clock'. In conclusion, DNAm of multiple disease-related genes are strongly linked to mortality outcomes. The DNAm-based risk score might be informative for risk assessment and stratification.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Epigenome-wide Association; Breast-cancer Cells; F2rl3 Methylation; Gene-expression; Cpg Sites; Cardiovascular Mortality; Epigenetic Clock; Telomere Length; Health Research; Cox Model
Language english
Publication Year 2017
HGF-reported in Year 2017
ISSN (print) / ISBN 2041-1723
e-ISSN 2041-1723
Journal Nature Communications
Quellenangaben Volume: 8, Issue: , Pages: , Article Number: 14617 Supplement: ,
Publisher Nature Publishing Group
Publishing Place London
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
POF-Topic(s) 30202 - Environmental Health
Research field(s) Genetics and Epidemiology
PSP Element(s) G-504091-001
G-504000-001
DOI 10.1038/ncomms14617
WOS ID WOS:000396401800001
Scopus ID 85015616657
Erfassungsdatum 2017-04-26
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