• Age and sex effects on DNA methylation sites linked to genes implicated in severe COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 host cell entry 

      Bohlin, Jon; Page, Christian Magnus; Lee, Yunsung; Pettersson, John H.-O.; Jugessur, Astanand; Magnus, Per Minor; Håberg, Siri Eldevik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Male sex and advanced age are associated with severe symptoms of COVID-19. Sex and age also exhibit substantial associations with genome-wide DNA methylation (DNAm) differences in humans. Using a random sample of Illumina ...
    • Associations between epigenetic age acceleration and infertility 

      Lee, Yunsung; Bohlin, Jon; Page, Christian Magnus; Nustad, Haakon E.; Harris, Jennifer Ruth; Magnus, Per Minor; Magnus, Per; Jugessur, Astanand; Magnus, Maria Christine; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Hanevik, Hans Ivar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Study question: Is the use of ART, a proxy for infertility, associated with epigenetic age acceleration? Summary answer: The epigenetic age acceleration measured by Dunedin Pace of Aging methylation (DunedinPoAm) differed ...
    • Blood-based epigenetic estimators of chronological age in human adults using DNA methylation data from the Illumina MethylationEPIC array 

      Lee, Yunsung; Løkås Haftorn, Kristine; Denault, William Robert Paul; Nustad, Haakon Egdetveit; Page, Christian; Moen, Gunn-Helen; Magnus, Maria C.; Gjessing, Håkon K.; Harris, Jennifer R.; Magnus, Per; Håberg, Siri E.; Jugessur, Astanand; Bohlin, Jon; Lyle, Robert; Lee-Ødegård, Sindre; Groop, Leif C.; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Sletner, Line; Sommer, Christine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Epigenetic clocks have been recognized for their precise prediction of chronological age, age-related diseases, and all-cause mortality. Existing epigenetic clocks are based on CpGs from the Illumina ...
    • DNA methylation in newborns conceived by assisted reproductive technology 

      Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Page, Christian Magnus; Lee, Yunsung; Nustad, Haakon Egdetveit; Magnus, Maria Christine; Haftorn, Kristine Løkås; Carlsen, Ellen Øen; Denault, William Robert Paul; Bohlin, Jon; Jugessur, Astanand; Magnus, Per Minor; Gjessing, Håkon Kristian; Lyle, Robert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Assisted reproductive technology (ART) may affect fetal development through epigenetic mechanisms as the timing of ART procedures coincides with the extensive epigenetic remodeling occurring between fertilization and embryo ...
    • An EPIC predictor of gestational age and its application to newborns conceived by assisted reproductive technologies 

      Haftorn, Kristine Løkås; Lee, Yunsung; Denault, William Robert Paul; Page, Christian Magnus; Nustad, Haakon Egdetveit; Lyle, Robert; Gjessing, Håkon Kristian; Malmberg, Anni; Magnus, Maria Christine; Næss, Øyvind; Czamara, Darina; Räikkönen, Katri; Lahti, Jari; Magnus, Per Minor; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Jugessur, Astanand; Bohlin, Jon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: Gestational age is a useful proxy for assessing developmental maturity, but correct estimation of gestational age is difficult using clinical measures. DNA methylation at birth has proven to be an accurate ...
    • Epigenome-wide association study of leukocyte telomere length 

      Lee, Yunsung; Sun, Dianjianyi; Ori, Anil P.S.; Lu, Ake T.; Seeboth, Anne; Harris, Sarah E.; Deary, Ian J.; Marioni, Riccardo E.; Sørensen, Mette; Mengel-From, Jonas; Hjelmborg, Jacob; Christensen, Kaare; Wilson, James G.; Levy, Daniel; Reiner, Alex P.; Chen, Wei; Li, Shengxu; Harris, Jennifer Ruth; Magnus, Per; Aviv, Abraham; Jugessur, Astanand; Horvath, Steve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Telomere length is associated with age-related diseases and is highly heritable. It is unclear, however, to what extent epigenetic modifications are associated with leukocyte telomere length (LTL). In this study, we conducted ...
    • EWAS of post-COVID-19 patients shows methylation differences in the immune-response associated gene, IFI44L, three months after COVID-19 infection 

      Lee, Yunsung; Riskedal, Espen; Kalleberg, Karl Trygve; Istre, Mette Stausland; Lind, Andreas; Lund-Johansen, Fridtjof; Reiakvam, Olaug Marie; Søraas, Arne Vasli; Harris, Jennifer Ruth; Dahl, John Arne; Lund Hadley, Cathrine; Jugessur, Astanand (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Although substantial progress has been made in managing COVID-19, it is still difficult to predict a patient’s prognosis. We explored the epigenetic signatures of COVID-19 in peripheral blood using data from an ongoing ...
    • An examination of mediation by DNA methylation on birthweight differences induced by assisted reproductive technologies 

      Carlsen, Ellen Øen; Lee, Yunsung; Magnus, Per Minor; Jugessur, Astanand; Page, Christian Magnus; Nustad, Haakon Egdetveit; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Lie, Rolv Terje; Magnus, Maria Christine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background Children born after assisted reproductive technologies (ART) differ in birthweight from those naturally conceived. It has been hypothesized that this might be explained by epigenetic mechanisms. We examined ...
    • Nucleated red blood cells explain most of the association between DNA methylation and gestational age 

      Haftorn, Kristine Løkås; Denault, William Robert Paul; Lee, Yunsung; Page, Christian Magnus; Romanowska, Julia; Lyle, Robert; Næss, Øyvind Erik; Kristjansson, Dana; Magnus, Per Minor; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Bohlin, Jon; Jugessur, Astanand (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Determining if specific cell type(s) are responsible for an association between DNA methylation (DNAm) and a given phenotype is important for understanding the biological mechanisms underlying the association. Our EWAS of ...
    • Placental epigenetic clocks: estimating gestational age using placental DNA methylation levels 

      Lee, Yunsung; Choufani, Sanaa; Weksberg, Rosanna; Wilson, Samantha L.; Yuan, Victor; Burt, Amber; Marsit, Carmen; Lu, Ake T.; Ritz, Beate; Bohlin, Jon; Gjessing, Håkon K.; Harris, Jennifer Ruth; Magnus, Per; Binder, Alexandra M.; Robinson, Wendy P.; Jugessur, Astanand; Horvath, Steve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The human pan-tissue epigenetic clock is widely used for estimating age across the entire lifespan, but it does not lend itself well to estimating gestational age (GA) based on placental DNAm methylation (DNAm) data. We ...
    • Statistical methods to detect mother-father genetic interaction effects on risk of infertility: A genome-wide approach 

      Skodvin, Siri Nærland; Gjessing, Håkon Kristian; Jugessur, Astanand; Romanowska, Julia; Page, Christian Magnus; Corfield, Elizabeth Claire; Lee, Yunsung; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Gjerdevik, Miriam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Infertility is a heterogeneous phenotype, and for many couples, the causes of fertility problems remain unknown. One understudied hypothesis is that allelic interactions between the genotypes of the two parents may influence ...
    • The X-factor in ART: does the use of assisted reproductive technologies influence DNA methylation on the X chromosome? 

      Romanowska, Julia; Nustad, Haakon Egdetveit; Page, Christian Magnus; Denault, William Robert Paul; Lee, Yunsung; Magnus, Maria Christine; Haftorn, Kristine Løkås; Gjerdevik, Miriam; Novakovic, Boris; Saffery, Richard; Gjessing, Håkon K.; lyle, robert; Magnus, Per Minor; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Jugessur, Astanand (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) may perturb DNA methylation (DNAm) in early embryonic development. Although a handful of epigenome-wide association studies of ART have been published, none have investigated ...