Influence of environmental exposure on human epigenetic regulation
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Influence of environmental exposure on human epigenetic regulation.
Environmental toxicants can alter epigenetic regulatory features such as DNA methylation and microRNA expression. As the sensitivity of epigenomic regulatory features may be greatest during the in utero period, when critical windows are narrow, and when epigenomic profiles are being set, this review will highlight research focused on that period. I will focus on work in human populations, where...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.106971