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A guide to illumina beadchip data analysis

  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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Abstract

The Illumina Infinium BeadChips are a powerful array-based platform for genome-wide DNA methylation profiling at approximately 485,000 (450K) and 850,000 (EPIC) CpG sites across the genome. The platform is used in many large-scale population-based epigenetic studies of complex diseases, environmental exposures, or other experimental conditions. This chapter provides an overview of the key steps in analyzing Illumina BeadChip data. We describe key preprocessing steps including data extraction and quality control as well as normalization strategies. We further present principles and guidelines for conducting association analysis at the individual CpG level as well as more sophisticated pathway-based association tests.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages303-330
Number of pages28
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume1708
ISSN (Print)1064-3745

Keywords

  • DNA methylation
  • Epigenome-wide association studies
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Normalization
  • Pathway analysis
  • Quality control

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