Environmental toxicantsinduced epigenetic alterations and their reversers

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part C Environmental Carcinogenesis and Ecotoxicology Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 323-367

  Kim, Minju ^a   Bae, Minji ^a   Na, Hyunkyung ^a   Yang, Mihi ^a  

^a Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

biomarker; chemoprevention; DNA methylation; Environmental toxicant; epigenetics; mixed exposure

Indexed keywords

CHEMOPREVENTION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICANTS; EPIGENETICS; MIXED EXPOSURE;

BENZENE; IONIZING RADIATION;

BIOMARKERS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; 5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALCOHOL; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; BENZENE; CADMIUM; CYTOSINE; DENDRITIC CELL LYSOSOME ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIOXIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICANT; MELANOMA ANTIGEN 1; MESOTHELIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; NANOMATERIAL; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; PROTEIN MSH3; RNA H19; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR JUNB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCLOZOLIN; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BREAST CANCER; CELL GROWTH; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 7; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEVELOPMENT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FOOD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; REVIEW; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VAGINA CANCER; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; MOUSE; POLLUTANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; MICE; MUTAGENS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION, IONIZING; RATS;

EID: 84870571316     PISSN: 10590501     EISSN: 15324095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2012.731959     Document Type: Review

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