Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy induces specific DNA methylation changes in blood
Rebecca Shepherd, Ingrid Bretherton, Ken C. Pang, Toby Mansell, Anna Czajko, Bowon Kim, Amanda Vlahos, Jeffrey D. Zajac, Richard Saffery, Ada S. Cheung, Boris Novakovic
This study identifies DNA methylation changes in blood of transgender individuals undergoing gender affirming hormone therapy, showing most changes are progressive and not related to early-established sex-specific patterns.
Clinical Epigenetics · Feb 17, 2022Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine