Epigenetic epidemiology as a tool to understand the role of immunity in chronic disease

Epigenomics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1007-1009

  Nelson, Heather H ^a   Kelsey, Karl T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; epidemiology; epigenetics; immunology

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EPIGENOMICS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY;

EID: 84983251058     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi-2016-0055     Document Type: Review

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