Pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: understanding the contributions of gene–environment interactions across the lifespan

A Agustí, E Melén, DL DeMeo… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The traditional view of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a self-inflicted
disease caused by tobacco smoking in genetically susceptible individuals has been …

DNA methylation-based predictors of health: applications and statistical considerations

PD Yousefi, M Suderman, R Langdon… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
DNA methylation data have become a valuable source of information for biomarker
development, because, unlike static genetic risk estimates, DNA methylation varies …

Evaluating intrinsic and non-intrinsic cancer risk factors

S Wu, W Zhu, P Thompson, YA Hannun - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Discriminating the contribution of unmodifiable random intrinsic DNA replication errors ('bad
luck') to cancer development from those of other factors is critical for understanding cancer in …

Epigenetic signatures of cigarette smoking

R Joehanes, AC Just, RE Marioni… - Circulation …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—DNA methylation leaves a long-term signature of smoking exposure and is
one potential mechanism by which tobacco exposure predisposes to adverse health …

DNA methylation in newborns and maternal smoking in pregnancy: genome-wide consortium meta-analysis

BR Joubert, JF Felix, P Yousefi, KM Bakulski… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - cell.com
Epigenetic modifications, including DNA methylation, represent a potential mechanism for
environmental impacts on human disease. Maternal smoking in pregnancy remains an …

Environmental risk factors of type 2 diabetes—An exposome approach

JWJ Beulens, MGM Pinho, TC Abreu, NR den Braver… - Diabetologia, 2022 - Springer
Type 2 diabetes is one of the major chronic diseases accounting for a substantial proportion
of disease burden in Western countries. The majority of the burden of type 2 diabetes is …

[HTML][HTML] What is new in the exposome?

P Vineis, O Robinson, M Chadeau-Hyam… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
The exposome concept refers to the totality of exposures from a variety of external and
internal sources including chemical agents, biological agents, or radiation, from conception …

DNA methylation signatures in peripheral blood strongly predict all-cause mortality

Y Zhang, R Wilson, J Heiss, LP Breitling… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
DNA methylation (DNAm) has been revealed to play a role in various diseases. Here we
performed epigenome-wide screening and validation to identify mortality-related DNAm …

DNA methylation‐based biomarkers of aging were slowed down in a two‐year diet and physical activity intervention trial: The DAMA study

G Fiorito, S Caini, D Palli, B Bendinelli, C Saieva… - Aging cell, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Several biomarkers of healthy aging have been proposed in recent years, including the
epigenetic clocks, based on DNA methylation (DNAm) measures, which are getting …

Genetic and environmental influences interact with age and sex in shaping the human methylome

J Van Dongen, MG Nivard, G Willemsen… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The methylome is subject to genetic and environmental effects. Their impact may depend on
sex and age, resulting in sex-and age-related physiological variation and disease …