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MUTATION RESEARCH-REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH
卷 789, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2022.108415
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DNA methylation; Sex; Children; Cord blood; EWAS
This study conducted a meta-analysis to investigate sex differences in DNA methylation in newborns and older children. The findings revealed numerous DNA methylation sites associated with sex in newborn blood, where most of these sites had lower methylation levels in males. Furthermore, the study replicated these findings in older children and identified additional autosomal sites with sex-specific differences in DNA methylation. These differentially methylated sites were enriched in genes associated with cancer, psychiatric disorders, and cardiovascular phenotypes.
Background: Among children, sex-specific differences in disease prevalence, age of onset, and susceptibility have been observed in health conditions including asthma, immune response, metabolic health, some pediatric and adult cancers, and psychiatric disorders. Epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation may play a role in the sexual differences observed in diseases and other physiological traits. Methods: We performed a meta-analysis of the association of sex and cord blood DNA methylation at over 450,000 CpG sites in 8438 newborns from 17 cohorts participating in the Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics (PACE) Consortium. We also examined associations of child sex with DNA methylation in older children ages 5.5-10 years from 8 cohorts (n = 4268). Results: In newborn blood, sex was associated at Bonferroni level significance with differences in DNA methylation at 46,979 autosomal CpG sites (p < 1.3 x 10-7) after adjusting for white blood cell proportions and batch. Most of those sites had lower methylation levels in males than in females. Of the differentially methylated CpG sites identified in newborn blood, 68% (31,727) met look-up level significance (p < 1.1 x 10-6) in older children and had methylation differences in the same direction. Conclusions: This is a large-scale meta-analysis examining sex differences in DNA methylation in newborns and older children. Expanding upon previous studies, we replicated previous findings and identified additional autosomal sites with sex-specific differences in DNA methylation. Differentially methylated sites were enriched in genes involved in cancer, psychiatric disorders, and cardiovascular phenotypes.
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