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1. Introduction
2. Epigenetics makes the difference
3. Nearly all human diseases are heritable
4. Human diseases: simple and complex (1)
5. Human diseases: simple and complex (2)
6. Chromosome: it is not only DNA
7. Epigenetic definition
8. Epigenetics: regulation of genomic activities
9. Epigenetic factors contribute to the phenotype
10. Some epigenetic factors can be inherited
11. Unlike DNA, epigenetic factors can be modified
12. Epigenetic misregulation explain complex disease
13. Enrichment of differentially methylated fractions
14. Application of microarrays for epiG studies
15. Epigenomic studies of twins
16. DZ exhibit more epigenetic differences than MZ
17. Large intra-individual variability of methylation
18. Epigenetic heritability
19. The molecular basis of heritability
20. Epigenetic changes in major psychosis (1)
21. Epigenetic changes in major psychosis (2)
22. Less methylation in schizophrenic patients
23. Partial correlation network analysis
24. Epigenetic differences: cause or effect?
25. Genetics/epigenetics and disease: 2004-2011
26. Acknowledgement

Topics Covered

• Complex disease
• Non-mendelian features
• Epigenetic heritability
• Partial epigenetic stability
• Inherited and acquired epigenetic misregulation of genes and genomes
• Microarrays and epigenomic profiles in health and disease

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• DNA Methylation

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• Cell Biology
• Genetics & Epigenetics

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Publication History

• Published on July 1, 2010

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Art Petronis has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.