Mendelian Randomization: Applications and Limitations in Epigenetic Studies

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank members of the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit for their contribution in developing this area of research.

Financial & competing interests disclosures

The authors’ work related to the application of Mendelian randomization to epigenetics is supported by the Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol (MC_UU_12013/1 and MC_UU_12013/2). This work was also supported by CRUK (grant number C18281/A19169). The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

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Funding

The authors’ work related to the application of Mendelian randomization to epigenetics is supported by the Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol (MC_UU_12013/1 and MC_UU_12013/2). This work was also supported by CRUK (grant number C18281/A19169). The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed. No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.