Particulate matter exposure is associated with inflammatory gene methylation in obese subjects

Environmental Research

Volumn 152, Issue , 2017, Pages 478-484

  Cantone, Laura ^a   Iodice, Simona ^a   Tarantini, Letizia ^a   Albetti, Benedetta ^a   Restelli, Ilaria ^b   Vigna, Luisella ^b   Bonzini, Matteo ^a,b   Pesatori, Angela Cecilia ^a,b   Bollati, Valentina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Inflammation; Obesity; PM exposure; Pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; DNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT;

BIOMARKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; METHYLATION; OBESITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOGENICITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; AGED; ANALYSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; INFLAMMATION; ITALY; OVERWEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84998694288     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.11.002     Document Type: Article

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