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Systematic review of lung function and COPD with peripheral blood DNA methylation in population based studies

Machin, Matthew and Amaral, André F. S. and Wielscher, Matthias and Rezwan, Faisal I. and Imboden, Medea and Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta and Adcock, Ian M. and Probst-Hensch, Nicole and Holloway, John W. and Jarvis, Deborah L. and Alec study, . (2017) Systematic review of lung function and COPD with peripheral blood DNA methylation in population based studies. BMC pulmonary medicine, 17. p. 54.

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Abstract

Epigenetic variations in peripheral blood have potential as biomarkers for disease. This systematic review assesses the association of lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with DNA methylation profiles in peripheral blood from population-based studies.; Online databases Medline, Embase, and Web of Science were searched. Google Scholar was searched to identify grey literature. After removing duplicate articles, 1155 articles were independently screened by two investigators. Peer reviewed reports on population-based studies that examined peripheral blood DNA methylation in participants with measured lung function (FEV1, FEV1/FVC ratio) or known COPD status were selected for full-text review. Six articles were suitable for inclusion. Information regarding study characteristics, designs, methodologies and conclusions was extracted. A narrative synthesis was performed based on published results.; Three of the six articles assessed the association of COPD with DNA methylation, and two of these also included associations with lung function. Overall, five reports examined the association of lung function with DNA methylation profiles. Five of the six articles reported 'significant' results. However, no consistent CpG sites were identified across studies for COPD status or lung function values.; DNA methylation patterns in peripheral blood from individuals with reduced lung function or COPD may be different to those in people with normal lung function. However, this systematic review did not find any consistent associations of lung function or COPD with differentially methylated CpG sites. Large studies with a longitudinal design to address reverse causality may prove a more fruitful area of research.; PROSPERO 2016: CRD42016037352 .
Faculties and Departments:09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) > Chronic Disease Epidemiology > Exposome Science (Probst-Hensch)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Public Health > Sozial- und Präventivmedizin > Exposome Science (Probst-Hensch)
UniBasel Contributors:Imboden, Medea and Probst Hensch, Nicole
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:BioMed Central
ISSN:1471-2466
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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Deposited On:29 May 2017 12:37

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