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ReviewToxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology2017

Linking the Epigenome with Exposure Effects and Susceptibility: The Epigenetic Seed and Soil Model.

Emma C Bowers, Shaun D McCullough

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Review in Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Integration of epigenetics into ecotoxicology: insights and fundamental research needs.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026
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  10. Age-Related Differences in miRNA Expression in Mexican-American Newborns and Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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  11. Impact of CAR Agonist Ligand TCPOBOP on Mouse Liver Chromatin Accessibility.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2018
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  15. Opinion: Why we need a National Living Soil Repository.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Emma C BowersCurriculum in Toxicology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599.
Shaun D McCulloughEnvironmental Public Health Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711 mccullough.shaun@epa.gov.

Funding

TOXICOLOGYT32ES007126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ILONA JASPERS, Bernard E. Weissman · 1985 to 2026
$13.0M
NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The epigenome is a dynamic mediator of gene expression that shapes the way that cells, tissues, and organisms respond to their environment. Initial studies in the emerging field of "toxicoepigenetics" have described either the impact of an environmental exposure on the epigenome or the association of epigenetic signatures with the onset or progression of disease; however, the majority of these pioneering studies examined the relationship between discrete epigenetic modifications and the effects of a single environmental factor. Although these data provide critical blocks with which we construct our understanding of the role of the epigenome in susceptibility and disease, they are akin to individual letters in a complex alphabet that is used to compose the language of the epigenome. Advancing the use of epigenetic data to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms underlying exposure effects, identify susceptible populations, and inform the next generation risk assessment depends on our ability to integrate these data in a way that accounts for their cumulative impact on gene regulation. Here we will review current examples demonstrating associations between the epigenetic impacts of intrinsic factors, such as such as age, genetics, and sex, and environmental exposures shape the epigenome and susceptibility to exposure effects and disease. We will also demonstrate how the "epigenetic seed and soil" model can be used as a conceptual framework to explain how epigenetic states are shaped by the cumulative impacts of intrinsic and extrinsic factors and how these in turn determine how an individual responds to subsequent exposure to environmental stressors.

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Disease SusceptibilityEnvironmental ExposureEpigenesis, GeneticGene-Environment InteractionModels, GeneticAge FactorsChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantMalePolymorphism, Single NucleotidePregnancySex Factorschromatindevelopmental toxicityDNA methylationepigeneticsprenatalreproductive and developmental toxicology; toxicoepigenetics.seed and soilsusceptibility

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PMID28049737
PMCPMC5291212

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