"CpG Islands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Areas of increased density of the dinucleotide sequence cytosine--phosphate diester--guanine. They form stretches of DNA several hundred to several thousand base pairs long. In humans there are about 45,000 CpG islands, mostly found at the 5' ends of genes. They are unmethylated except for those on the inactive X chromosome and some associated with imprinted genes.
| Descriptor ID |
D018899
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.570.080.380.160 G05.360.080.380.160 G05.360.340.024.159
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| Concept/Terms |
CpG Islands- CpG Islands
- CpG Island
- Island, CpG
- Islands, CpG
- CpG-Rich Islands
- CpG Rich Islands
- CpG-Rich Island
- Island, CpG-Rich
- Islands, CpG-Rich
CpG Clusters- CpG Clusters
- Cluster, CpG
- Clusters, CpG
- CpG Cluster
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "CpG Islands" by people in Profiles.
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A machine learning approach to brain epigenetic analysis reveals kinases associated with Alzheimer's disease. Nat Commun. 2021 07 22; 12(1):4472.
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The association of epigenetic clocks in brain tissue with brain pathologies and common aging phenotypes. Neurobiol Dis. 2021 09; 157:105428.
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A meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in Alzheimer's disease highlights novel differentially methylated loci across cortex. Nat Commun. 2021 06 10; 12(1):3517.
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Tri-ethylene glycol modified class B and class C CpG conjugated gold nanoparticles for the treatment of lymphoma. Nanomedicine. 2020 11; 30:102290.
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CpG-related SNPs in the MS4A region have a dose-dependent effect on risk of late-onset Alzheimer disease. Aging Cell. 2019 08; 18(4):e12964.
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Distinct genome-wide methylation patterns in sporadic and hereditary nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Cancer. 2019 04 15; 125(8):1247-1257.
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Reproductive period and epigenetic modifications of the oxidative phosphorylation pathway in the human prefrontal cortex. PLoS One. 2018; 13(7):e0199073.
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Elevated DNA methylation across a 48-kb region spanning the HOXA gene cluster is associated with Alzheimer's disease neuropathology. Alzheimers Dement. 2018 12; 14(12):1580-1588.
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LINE-1 is preferentially hypomethylated within adenomatous polyps in the presence of synchronous colorectal cancer. Clin Epigenetics. 2017; 9:25.
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Association of DNA methylation in the brain with age in older persons is confounded by common neuropathologies. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2015 Oct; 67:58-64.