Environmental influences on the epigenome: exposure-associated DNA methylation in human populations

EM Martin, RC Fry - Annual review of public health, 2018 - annualreviews.org
DNA methylation is the most well studied of the epigenetic regulators in relation to
environmental exposures. To date, numerous studies have detailed the manner by which …

Oral chromium exposure and toxicity

H Sun, J Brocato, M Costa - Current environmental health reports, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)] is a known carcinogen when inhaled. However,
inhalational exposure to Cr (VI) affects only a small portion of the population, mainly by …

Metals and molecular carcinogenesis

Y Zhu, M Costa - Carcinogenesis, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Many metals are essential for living organisms, but at higher doses they may be toxic and
carcinogenic. Metal exposure occurs mainly in occupational settings and environmental …

Environmental exposures associated with elevated risk for autism spectrum disorder may augment the burden of deleterious de novo mutations among probands

K Pugsley, SW Scherer, MA Bellgrove, Z Hawi - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Although the full aetiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is unknown, familial and twin
studies demonstrate high heritability of 60–90%, indicating a predominant role of genetics in …

Elevated homocysteine level and folate deficiency associated with increased overall risk of carcinogenesis: meta-analysis of 83 case-control studies involving 35,758 …

D Zhang, X Wen, W Wu, Y Guo, W Cui - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Results of the association of folate metabolism and carcinogenesis are
conflicting. We performed a meta-analysis to examine the effect of the interaction of serum …

Incorporating epigenetic data into the risk assessment process for the toxic metals arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, and mercury: strategies and challenges

PD Ray, A Yosim, RC Fry - Frontiers in genetics, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Exposure to toxic metals poses a serious human health hazard based on ubiquitous
environmental presence, the extent of exposure, and the toxicity and disease states …

Response of transposable elements to environmental stressors

IR Miousse, MCG Chalbot, A Lumen… - … Research/Reviews in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Transposable elements (TEs) comprise a group of repetitive sequences that bring positive,
negative, as well as neutral effects to the host organism. Earlier considered as “junk DNA,” …

Prenatal epigenetics diets play protective roles against environmental pollution

S Li, M Chen, Y Li, TO Tollefsbol - Clinical epigenetics, 2019 - Springer
It is thought that germ cells and preimplantation embryos during development are most
susceptible to endogenous and exogenous environmental factors because the epigenome …

Global DNA methylation and oxidative stress biomarkers in workers exposed to metal oxide nanoparticles

SH Liou, WT Wu, HY Liao, CY Chen, CY Tsai… - Journal of hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
This is the first study to assess global methylation, oxidative DNA damage, and lipid
peroxidation in workers with occupational exposure to metal oxide nanomaterials (NMs) …

[HTML][HTML] Chromium induced neurotoxicity by altering metabolism in zebrafish larvae

Y Xu, L Wang, J Zhu, P Jiang, Z Zhang, L Li… - … and Environmental Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Recently, both trivalent chromium Cr (III) and hexavalent chromium Cr (VI) have
been reported to produce neurotoxicity. However, the underlying mechanisms of the …