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ReviewClinical epigenetics2019

Prenatal epigenetics diets play protective roles against environmental pollution.

Shizhao Li, Min Chen, Yuanyuan Li, Trygve O Tollefsbol

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Review in Clinical epigenetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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54citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 124 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shizhao LiDepartment of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Min ChenDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Yuanyuan LiDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. lyy@uab.edu.
Trygve O TollefsbolDepartment of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. trygve@uab.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-0284-1511
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

Why is the prevalence of obesity so high in U.S. Southern States? Regional predictors of BMI and obesity treatment response.P30DK056336 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI BARBARA A GOWER · 2000 to 2026
$31.9M
Combinatorial epigenetic-based prevention of breast cancerR01CA178441 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI TOLLEFSBOL, TRYGVE O · 2014 to 2025
$3.2M
Early life prevention of breast cancer with combined epigenetic botanicalsR01CA204346 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI TOLLEFSBOL, TRYGVE O · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
Epigenetic mechanisms of maternal diets in human health and disease preventionK01AT009373 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI LI, YUANYUAN · 2017 to 2021
$569k
NCCIH NIH HHS K01 AT009373NCI NIH HHS R01 CA178441NCI NIH HHS R01 CA204346NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056336
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is thought that germ cells and preimplantation embryos during development are most susceptible to endogenous and exogenous environmental factors because the epigenome in those cells is undergoing dramatic elimination and reconstruction. Exposure to environmental factors such as nutrition, climate, stress, pathogens, toxins, and even social behavior during gametogenesis and early embryogenesis has been shown to influence disease susceptibility in the offspring. Early-life epigenetic modifications, which determine the expression of genetic information stored in the genome, are viewed as one of the general mechanisms linking prenatal exposure and phenotypic changes later in life. From atmospheric pollution, endocrine-disrupting chemicals to heavy metals, research increasingly suggests that environmental pollutions have already produced significant consequences on human health. Moreover, mounting evidence now links such pollution to relevant modification in the epigenome. The epigenetics diet, referring to a class of bioactive dietary compounds such as isothiocyanates in broccoli, genistein in soybean, resveratrol in grape, epigallocatechin-3-gallate in green tea, and ascorbic acid in fruits, has been shown to modify the epigenome leading to beneficial health outcomes. This review will primarily focus on the causes and consequences of prenatal environment pollution exposure on the epigenome, and the potential protective role of the epigenetics diet, which could play a central role in neutralizing epigenomic aberrations against environmental pollutions.

Indexed as

Ascorbic AcidBrassicaCatechinDietEnvironmental PollutantsEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleGenisteinHumansPlant ExtractsPregnancyProtective AgentsResveratrolAscorbic AcidCatechinEnvironmental Pollutantsepigallocatechin gallateGenisteinPlant ExtractsProtective AgentsResveratrolDNA methylationEnvironmental pollutionEpigenetics dietHistone modificationmiRNA

Identifiers

PMID31097039
PMCPMC6524340
OpenAlexW2947341884

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