Comparing DNA methylation profiles in saliva and intestinal mucosa.

Nerissa L HearnAaron S ColemanVincent HoChristine L ChiuJoanne M Lind

Published in: BMC genomics (2019)

This study suggests that saliva has the potential to be used as an alternate DNA source to invasive intestinal mucosa for DNA methylation research into intestinal conditions.

Keyphrases

dna methylation
genome wide
gene expression
circulating tumor
copy number
risk assessment
climate change