"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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| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 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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Differential DNA Methylation Landscape in Skin Fibroblasts from African Americans with Systemic Sclerosis. Genes (Basel). 2021 01 20; 12(2).
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Is CpG Density the Link between Epigenetic Aging and Lifespan? Trends Genet. 2020 10; 36(10):725-727.
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Effects of Maternal Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Offspring Epigenetic Clock of Gestational Age at Birth: A Post-hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Epigenetics. 2020 08; 15(8):830-840.
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DNA methylation patterns vary in boar sperm cells with different levels of DNA fragmentation. BMC Genomics. 2019 Nov 27; 20(1):897.
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DNA methylation patterns in human iPSC-derived sensory neuronal differentiation. Epigenetics. 2019 09; 14(9):927-937.
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Integrative analysis of DNA methylation in discordant twins unveils distinct architectures of systemic sclerosis subsets. Clin Epigenetics. 2019 04 04; 11(1):58.
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The Non-coding Mammary Carcinoma Susceptibility Locus, Mcs5c, Regulates Pappa Expression via Age-Specific Chromatin Folding and Allele-Dependent DNA Methylation. PLoS Genet. 2016 08; 12(8):e1006261.
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Downstream Antisense Transcription Predicts Genomic Features That Define the Specific Chromatin Environment at Mammalian Promoters. PLoS Genet. 2016 08; 12(8):e1006224.
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Epigenetic programming alterations in alligators from environmentally contaminated lakes. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2016 11 01; 238:4-12.
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Clinicopathologic Risk Factor Distributions for MLH1 Promoter Region Methylation in CIMP-Positive Tumors. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2016 Jan; 25(1):68-75.