We examined bisulfite-converted genomic DNA (EZ methylation kit by Zymo Research) by quantitative pyrosequencing analysis to confirm results from the Infinium Methylation arrays. Validation of methylation levels using pyrosequencing was performed on 20 cases and 15 controls. We performed pyrosequencing with appropriate oligos using the PyroMark Q24 System and advanced CpG Reagents (Qiagen®) as per the manufacturer’s instructions. We confirmed methylation difference of top 25 CpG targets, concluding the chip-based cytosine methylations are true changes [57 (link),58 (link)]. A detailed methodology was published previously [57 (link)].
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