Systematic Investigation of Interindividual DNA Methylation Variation in Human Whole Blood

Additional file 6 from a systematic investigation of interindividual variation of DNA methylation in human whole blood. The file lists all VMPs (Variable Methylated Positions) in whole blood that are controlled by cell type composition, authored by Olivia A. Grant and last updated on April 11, 2026. The dataset is a 96.5 KB CSV file available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Identify epigenetic markers influenced by blood cell composition based on the list of VMPs.
• Control for cellular heterogeneity in epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) based on the described cell-type-controlled VMPs.
• Investigate interindividual epigenetic variation in a common tissue sample based on the whole blood focus.

Strengths

• Dataset is small (96.5 KB), facilitating quick download and local analysis.
• Data is openly available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Focus on cell-type-controlled VMPs addresses a key confounder in blood-based epigenetic studies.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Olivia A. Grant.

Collection Method

Likely derived from a systematic investigation analyzing DNA methylation arrays or sequencing data from human whole blood samples.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-11 03:37:06; freshness should be verified.