TY - JOUR AU - Yao, Chen AU - Joehanes, Roby AU - Wilson, Rory AU - Tanaka, Toshiko AU - Ferrucci, Luigi AU - Kretschmer, Anja AU - Prokisch, Holger AU - Schramm, Katharina AU - Gieger, Christian AU - Peters, Annette AU - Waldenberger, Melanie AU - Marzi, Carola AU - Herder, Christian AU - Levy, Daniel PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/22 TI - Epigenome-wide association study of whole blood gene expression in Framingham Heart Study participants provides molecular insight into the potential role of CHRNA5 in cigarette smoking-related lung diseases JO - Clinical Epigenetics SP - 60 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - DNA methylation is a key epigenetic modification that can directly affect gene regulation. DNA methylation is highly influenced by environmental factors such as cigarette smoking, which is causally related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. To date, there have been few large-scale, combined analyses of DNA methylation and gene expression and their interrelations with lung diseases. SN - 1868-7083 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-021-01041-5 DO - 10.1186/s13148-021-01041-5 ID - Yao2021 ER -