"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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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "CpG Islands" by people in Profiles.
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Body mass index and molecular subtypes of colorectal cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023 Feb 08; 115(2):165-173.
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Recreational physical activity before and during pregnancy and placental DNA methylation-an epigenome-wide association study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 10 06; 116(4):1168-1183.
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Genetic and Epigenetic Variations of HPV52 in Cervical Precancer. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jun 16; 22(12).
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Intake of Dietary Fruit, Vegetables, and Fiber and Risk of Colorectal Cancer According to Molecular Subtypes: A Pooled Analysis of 9 Studies. Cancer Res. 2020 10 15; 80(20):4578-4590.
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Case-control meta-analysis of blood DNA methylation and autism spectrum disorder. Mol Autism. 2018; 9:40.
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Epigenome-wide association in adipose tissue from the METSIM cohort. Hum Mol Genet. 2018 05 15; 27(10):1830-1846.
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Cord blood buffy coat DNA methylation is comparable to whole cord blood methylation. Epigenetics. 2018; 13(1):108-116.
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Cross-tissue integration of genetic and epigenetic data offers insight into autism spectrum disorder. Nat Commun. 2017 10 24; 8(1):1011.
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Presence of an epigenetic signature of prenatal cigarette smoke exposure in childhood. Environ Res. 2016 Jan; 144(Pt A):139-148.
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Nutrients in folate-mediated, one-carbon metabolism and the risk of rectal tumors in men and women. Nutr Cancer. 2011; 63(3):357-66.