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ArticleEnvironmental epigenetics2017

Pesticide use and LINE-1 methylation among male private pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study.

Melannie Alexander, Stella Koutros, Matthew R Bonner, Kathryn Hughes Barry, Michael C R Alavanja, Gabriella Andreotti, Hyang-Min Byun, Ligong Chen, Laura E Beane Freeman, Jonathan N Hofmann and 4 more

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Article in Environmental epigenetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Melannie AlexanderDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Stella KoutrosDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Matthew R BonnerDepartment of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Kathryn Hughes BarryDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Michael C R AlavanjaDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Gabriella AndreottiDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Hyang-Min ByunInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
Ligong ChenDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Laura E Beane FreemanDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Jonathan N HofmannDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Freya KamelEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
Lee E MooreDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Andrea BaccarelliDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Jennifer RusieckiDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD, USA.
National Cancer Institute · USUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · USColumbia University · USNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · USNational Institutes of Health · USNewcastle University · GBUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

Studies of Occupational Cancer (Pesticides)ZIACP010119 · NCI · DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · PI BEANE FREEMAN, LAURA · 2009 to 2025
$46.1M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer risk may be associated with DNA methylation (DNAm) levels in Long Interspersed Nucleotide Element 1 (LINE-1), a surrogate for global DNAm. Exposure to certain pesticides may increase risk of particular cancers, perhaps mediated in part through global DNAm alterations. To date, human data on pesticide exposure and global DNAm alterations are limited. The goal of this study was to evaluate alterations of LINE-1 DNAm by pesticides in a variety of classes. Data from 596 cancer-free male participants enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS) were used to examine associations between use of 57 pesticides and LINE-1 DNAm measured via Pyrosequencing in peripheral blood leucocytes. Participants provided information on pesticide use at three contacts between 1993 and 2010. Associations of ever/never pesticide use and lifetime days of application (years of use × days per year) and LINE-1 DNAm level were assessed using linear regression, adjusting for potential confounders (race, age at blood draw, and frequency of drinking alcohol) and other moderately correlated pesticides. After adjustment, ever application of 10 pesticides was positively associated and ever application of eight pesticides was negatively associated with LINE-1 DNAm. In dose-response analyses, increases in five pesticides (imazethapyr, fenthion, EPTC, butylate, and heptachlor) were associated with increasing LINE-1 DNAm (

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Agricultural Health StudyDNA methylationepigeneticsLINE-1pesticides

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PMID29492307
PMCPMC5804545
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