Deconvolution-based cell-type specific DNA methylation-wide and transcriptome-wide association studies identify risk CpG sites and genes associated with colorectal cancer risk
Qing Li, Lili Xu, Jifeng Wang, Chao Li, Wanqing Wen, Xiao‐Ou Shu, Yaohua Yang, Qiuyin Cai, Jirong Long, Bhuminder Singh, Ken S. Lau, Zhijun Yin, Graham Casey, Mingyang Song, Ulrike Peters, , Xingyi Guo
The paper uses deconvolution to identify cell-type-specific DNA methylation and gene expression associations with colorectal cancer risk, finding 178 CpG sites and 68 genes across 26 new loci.
medRxiv · Jun 12, 2026 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine