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ReviewCurrent issues in molecular biology2008

Gene-environment interactions and epigenetic basis of human diseases.

Liang Liu, Yuanyuan Li, Trygve O Tollefsbol

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Review in Current issues in molecular biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04139369 (Study of DNA Methylation in Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus), which is not on this map. Cited by 92 papers.

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92citing papers in PubMed
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04139369 completednot on this mapstarted 2012, after this paper: background citation

Study of DNA Methylation in Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

TypeobservationalSponsorAristotle University Of ThessalonikiRan2012 to 2018Enrolled40ConditionsType 1 Diabetes Mellitus
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 275 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Liang LiuDepartment of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA. liangliu@uab.edu
Yuanyuan Li
Trygve O Tollefsbol
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

Epigenetics of Tea Polyphenols in Cancer PreventionR01CA129415 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI TOLLEFSBOL, TRYGVE O · 2008 to 2011
$956k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA129415
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most human diseases are related in some way to the loss or gain in gene functions. Regulation of gene expression is a complex process. In addition to genetic mechanisms, epigenetic causes are gaining new perspectives in human diseases related to gene deregulation. Most eukaryotic genes are packed into chromatin structures, which lead to high condensations of the genes that require dynamic chromatin remodeling processes to facilitate their transcription. DNA methylation and histone modifications represent two of the major chromatin remodeling processes. They also serve to integrate environmental signals for the cells to modulate the functional output of their genome. Complex human diseases such as cancer and type 2 diabetes are believed to have a strong environmental component in addition to genetic causes. Aberrancies in chromatin remodeling are associated with both genetically and environmentally-related diseases. We will focus on recent findings of the epigenetic basis of human metabolic disorders to facilitate further exploration of epigenetic mechanisms and better understandings of the molecular cues underlying such complex diseases.

Indexed as

DiseaseEnvironmentEpigenesis, GeneticAmino Acid SequenceHumansInheritance PatternsMetabolic DiseasesMolecular Sequence Data

Identifiers

PMID18525104
PMCPMC2434999
OpenAlexW168279297

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