ReviewClinical epigenetics2015
Environmental chemicals and DNA methylation in adults: a systematic review of the epidemiologic evidence.
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98 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 205 citations in OpenAlex.
- Environmental Metals and Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: A Systematic Review Beyond Lead and Cadmium.Current environmental health reports · 2016Pooled it
- Population epigenetics: deciphering DNA methylation diversity and its implications for health, disease, and evolution.Molecular biology and evolution · 2026Review
- Effects of anthropogenic influences in the DNA methylation and expression of genes involved in the metabolism of Geophagus surinamensis from the Pará River (Amazon, Brazil).Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2026Article
- Transcriptional and epigenetic changes associated with lead exposure in spermatozoa.Asian journal of andrology · 2026Article
- Disrupted epigenetic regulation in human senile lentigines revealed by characterizing gene expression and DNA methylation alterations.Clinical epigenetics · 2026Article
- FTO-ACKR3 Axis Regulates Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons-Induced Asthma Attacks via AhR-Mediated mEnvironment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Pathway information on methylation analysis using deep neural network (PROMINENT): An interpretable deep learning method with pathway prior for phenotype prediction using gene-level DNA methylation.Artificial intelligence in medicine · 2025Article
- The Detrimental Impact of Bisphenol S (BPS) on Trophoblastic Cells and the Ishikawa Cell Lines: An In Vitro Model of Cytotoxic Effect and Molecular Interactions.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Molecular Impacts of Occupational Exposure to Waste Anesthetic Gases.Environmental and molecular mutagenesis · 2025Article
- Unveiling the Relation between Cellular Aging, Epigenetics and Cancer.Aging and disease · 2025Article
- Combined effects of global DNA methylation, blood lead and total urinary arsenic levels on developmental delay in preschool children.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2025Article
- DNA methylation signatures of arsenic exposure and obesity.Environmental epigenetics · 2025Article
- Changes in Gene Expression Related to Atopic Dermatitis in Mothers and Infants Following VOC Exposure.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- DNA Methylation as a Molecular Mechanism of Carcinogenesis in World Trade Center Dust Exposure: Insights from a Structured Literature Review.Biomolecules · 2024Review
- Multiomics Screening Identified CpG Sites and Genes That Mediate the Impact of Exposure to Environmental Chemicals on Cardiometabolic Traits.Epigenomes · 2024Article
- Genome-wide DNA methylation profiles and breast cancer among World Trade Center survivors.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2024Article
- Epigenetic Methylation Changes in Pregnant Women: Bisphenol Exposure and Atopic Dermatitis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Prenatal dietary exposure to mixtures of chemicals is associated with allergy or respiratory diseases in children in the ELFE nationwide cohort.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2024Article
- World Trade Center Exposure, DNA Methylation Changes, and Cancer: A Review of Current Evidence.Epigenomes · 2023Review
- NNanotoxicology · 2023Article
38 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Current evidence supports the notion that environmental exposures are associated with DNA-methylation and expression changes that can impact human health. Our objective was to conduct a systematic review of epidemiologic studies evaluating the association between environmental chemicals with DNA methylation levels in adults. After excluding arsenic, recently evaluated in a systematic review, we identified a total of 17 articles (6 on cadmium, 4 on lead, 2 on mercury, 1 on nickel, 1 on antimony, 1 on tungsten, 5 on persistent organic pollutants and perfluorinated compounds, 1 on bisphenol A, and 3 on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons). The selected articles reported quantitative methods to determine DNA methylation including immunocolorimetric assays for total content of genomic DNA methylation, and microarray technologies, methylation-specific quantitative PCR, Luminometric Methylation Assay (LUMA), and bisulfite pyrosequencing for DNA methylation content of genomic sites such as gene promoters, LINE-1, Alu elements, and others. Considering consistency, temporality, strength, dose-response relationship, and biological plausibility, we concluded that the current evidence is not sufficient to provide inference because differences across studies and limited samples sizes make it difficult to compare across studies and to evaluate sources of heterogeneity. Important questions for future research include the need for larger and longitudinal studies, the validation of findings, and the systematic evaluation of the dose-response relationships. Future studies should also consider the evaluation of epigenetic marks recently in the research spotlight such as DNA hydroxymethylation and the role of underlying genetic variants.
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