CD8⁺T-cell transcription and DNA methylation show age specific differences and lack correlation with clinical outcome in pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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The authors would like to thank Natalia Savinykh Yarkoni at the at NIHR Cambridge BRC Cell Phenotyping Hub for her support with cell sorting. Furthermore, we express our gratitude towards all patients and their parents who have participated in this study. We thank Bella's Fund for their support and contribution towards raising awareness for childhood IBD and charity funding for the project. We would like to thank pediatric anaesthetists at Cambridge University Hospitals for their help with obtaining blood samples from patients. We are also very grateful for the helpful discussions and guidance on data analysis provided