Race/ethnicity-associated blood DNA methylation differences between Japanese and European American women: an exploratory study

• DOI: 10.1186/s13148-021-01171-w
• Publication Date: 2021-10-11T15:28:25Z
• Authors: Min-Ae Song; Anna Eames Seffer...; Kellie J. Archer; Kellie M. Mori; Song-Yi Park; Linda Chang; Thomas Ernst; Maarit Tiirikainen; Karolina Peplowska; Lynne R. Wilkens; Loïc Le Marchand; Unhee Lim
• Keywords: Male; 0301 basic medicine; Research; DNA Methylation; Middle Aged; United States; White People; 3. Good health; Cohort Studies; 03 medical and health sciences; Asian People; Japan; Ethnicity; Humans; Female; Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; Aged; Genome-Wide Association Study

Racial/ethnic disparities in health reflect a combination of genetic and environmental causes, DNA methylation may be an important mediator. We compared exploratory manner the blood methylome Japanese Americans (JPA) versus European (EUA).