The Role of the Epigenome in Translating Neighborhood Disadvantage Into Health Disparities
Autor: | Heather A Olden, Kenneth Olden, Yu-Sheng Lin |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis Stressor Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Neighborhood Disadvantage Epigenome Health Status Disparities Management Monitoring Policy and Law Biology DNA Methylation Health outcomes Health equity Epigenesis Genetic Cumulative risk Residence Characteristics Environmental health Poverty Areas Life course approach Humans Environmental Health Cumulative effect Nature and Landscape Conservation |
Zdroj: | Current environmental health reports. 2(2) |
ISSN: | 2196-5412 |
Popis: | The possible causal role of the environment in health disparities is not well understood, even though it has been a national priority for many years. Progress to investigate the relationship between genetics, environmental exposures, and health outcomes has been hampered by the lack of analytical tools to quantify the combined or cumulative effect of multiple chemical and non-chemical stressors on gene expression. The studies cited here provide a strong rationale for using epigenomic analysis to assess cumulative risk from multiple environmental exposures over the life course. The environment-specific "imprints" on the genome, coupled with transcriptomics and metabolomics, can be used to advance our understanding of the relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and health disparities. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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