Journal: Clinical Epigenetics
Article Title: Whole-genome methylation profiling of the retinal pigment epithelium of individuals with age-related macular degeneration reveals differential methylation of the SKI , GTF2H4 , and TNXB genes
doi: 10.1186/s13148-019-0608-2
Figure Lengend Snippet: Bisulfite pyrosequencing of candidate genes: RIC3 (cg01560972), FAIM2 (cg18486102), EIF2AK3 (cg26347887), and GRIA4 (cg03243226). a No significant mean methylation difference was observed for cg01560972 ( RIC3 ) in AMD ( n = 30) compared to normal ( n = 25) donor RPE cells (p = 0.9491). b Sex-stratified analysis did not reveal significant differences in AMD male ( n = 18) compared to normal male ( n = 18) ( p = 0.2006). c A significant hypermethylation was observed in AMD female ( n = 12) compared to normal female ( n = 7) human donor samples ( p = 0.0327). d No significant mean methylation difference was observed for cg18486102 ( FAIM2 ) in AMD ( n = 30) compared to normal donor RPE cells ( n = 25) ( p = 0.1672). e Sex-stratified analysis revealed significant differential hypomethylation in males (AMD male n = 19, normal male, n = 18) ( p = 0.0276). No significant mean methylation difference was observed in AMD female ( n = 11) compared to normal female ( n = 7) human donor RPE cells ( p = 0.4362). f No significant methylation difference was observed in cg26347887 ( EIF2AK3 ) in AMD ( n = 28) compared to human donor samples ( n = 23) ( p = 0.4546) g – i . Sex-stratified results did not reveal significant methylation changes in males or females. j No significant mean methylation difference was observed for cg03243226 ( GRIA4 ) in AMD ( n = 30) compared to human donor RPE cells ( n = 25) ( p = 0.2053). k Sex-stratified analysis did not show significant differential hypomethylation in AMD male ( n = 18) compared to normal male ( n = 18) ( p = 0.8197); however, a significant mean methylation difference was observed in AMD female ( n = 12) compared to normal female ( n = 7) ( p = 0.0279) human donor RPE samples ( l ). All statistical analysis was performed using the Mann-Whitney U test (* p ≤ 0.05)
Article Snippet: Bisulfite Pyrosequencing primer sequences.
Techniques: Methylation, MANN-WHITNEY