"DNA Methylation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Addition of methyl groups to DNA. DNA methyltransferases (DNA methylases) perform this reaction using S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE as the methyl group donor.
| Descriptor ID |
D019175
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.035.538.161 G02.111.218 G03.059.538.161 G05.206
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| Concept/Terms |
DNA Methylation- DNA Methylation
- DNA Methylations
- Methylation, DNA
- Methylations, DNA
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "DNA Methylation" by people in this website by year, and whether "DNA Methylation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2009 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2010 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2011 | 17 | 9 | 26 |
| 2012 | 19 | 14 | 33 |
| 2013 | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 2014 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| 2015 | 17 | 20 | 37 |
| 2016 | 24 | 15 | 39 |
| 2017 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2018 | 21 | 13 | 34 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 2020 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| 2021 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2022 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2023 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "DNA Methylation" by people in Profiles.
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Differential DNA Methylation in the Benign and Cancerous Prostate Tissue of African American and European American Men. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2025 Mar 03; 34(3):428-438.
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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Accelerated Epigenetic Aging in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos: Nativity as an Effect Modifier. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2025 Mar; 173:107369.
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Characterization of DNA methylation clock algorithms applied to diverse tissue types. Aging (Albany NY). 2025 Jan 03; 17(1):67-96.
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Mayo Genetic Risk Models for Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treated With Venetoclax?+?Hypomethylating Agent. Am J Hematol. 2025 Feb; 100(2):260-271.
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DNA methylation correlates of chronological age in diverse human tissue types. Epigenetics Chromatin. 2024 Aug 08; 17(1):25.
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Association of KRAS Mutation and Gene Pathways in Colorectal Carcinoma: A Transcriptome- and Methylome-Wide Study and Potential Implications for Therapy. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jul 25; 25(15).
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Papillary tumor of the pineal region: analysis of DNA methylation profiles and clinical outcomes in 76 cases. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2024 Jul 16; 12(1):117.
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The clock-like accumulation of germline and somatic mutations can arise from the interplay of DNA damage and repair. PLoS Biol. 2024 Jun; 22(6):e3002678.
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LABS: linear amplification-based bisulfite sequencing for ultrasensitive cancer detection from cell-free DNA. Genome Biol. 2024 06 14; 25(1):157.
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Association between gut microbiota and CpG island methylator phenotype in colorectal cancer. Gut Microbes. 2024 Jan-Dec; 16(1):2363012.