Environmental epigenetics: A role in endocrine disease?

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Fleisch, Abby F ^a   Wright, Robert O ^b   Baccarelli, Andrea A ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; VINCLOZOLIN;

CANCER RISK; CPG ISLAND; DISEASE MODEL; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EPIGENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INHERITANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOCRINE GLAND NEOPLASMS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 84866423735     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JME-12-0066     Document Type: Review

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