Epigenetics of early-life lead exposure and effects on brain development

Epigenomics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 665-674

  Senut, Marie Claude ^a   Cingolani, Pablo ^a,b   Sen, Arko ^a   Kruger, Adele ^a   Shaik, Asra ^a   Hirsch, Helmut ^c   Suhr, Steven T ^d   Ruden, Douglas ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brain; development; environmental exposure; epigenetics; heavy metal; human; lead

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; LEAD; MESSENGER RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY;

BRAIN; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD;

EID: 84871420816     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi.12.58     Document Type: Review

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