Altered MHC class 1 DNA methylation of intestinal epithelial stem cells contributes to chronic inflammation in Crohn’s Disease
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ABSTRACT: Altered function of the intestinal epithelium has been considered to play a key role in CD pathogenesis, however exact mechanisms that contribute towards lifelong relapsing mucosal inflammation remain ill defined. DNA methylation (DNAm) is a key epigenetic mechanism known to determine cellular identity by regulating gene transcription with alterations increasingly being implicated in IBD pathogenesis. We generated 312 intestinal epithelial organoids (IEOs) from mucosal stem cells obtained from 168 patients diagnosed with CD, non-IBD/healthy controls and Ulcerative colitis (UC). Genome wide epigenetic profiling of IEOs and primary purified epithelium revealed highly stable, CD associated loss of DNAm in MHC-I related genes which correlated with increased gene expression. Related Single Cell Portal accession number: SCP1884 Related Gene Expression Omnibus accession numbers: GSE57945, GSE75214
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Felicity Payne
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-12841 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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