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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations Induced by Pesticide Exposure: Integrated Analysis of Gene Expression, microRNA Expression, and DNA Methylation Datasets.

Federica Giambò, Gian Marco Leone, Giuseppe Gattuso, Roberta Rizzo, Alessia Cosentino, Diana Cinà, Michele Teodoro, Chiara Costa, Aristides Tsatsakis, Concettina Fenga and 1 more

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Federica GiambòCEMAD Digestive Disease Center, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy.
Gian Marco LeoneDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Giuseppe GattusoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5931-2648
Roberta RizzoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Alessia CosentinoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Diana CinàHealth Management of the "Cannizzaro" Emergency Hospital of Catania, 95126 Catania, Italy.
Michele TeodoroDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, Occupational Medicine Section, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8095-2559
Chiara CostaClinical and Experimental Medicine Department, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
Aristides TsatsakisDepartment of Forensic Sciences and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3824-2462
Concettina FengaDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, Occupational Medicine Section, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6369-2700
Luca FalzoneEpidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, National Cancer Institute-IRCCS 'Fondazione G. Pascale', 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7349-6826
University of Catania · ITUniversity of Messina · ITIstituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale" · ITOspedale Garibaldi · ITUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITUniversity of Crete · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Environmental or occupational exposure to pesticides is considered one of the main risk factors for the development of various diseases. Behind the development of pesticide-associated pathologies, there are both genetic and epigenetic alterations, where these latter are mainly represented by the alteration in the expression levels of microRNAs and by the change in the methylation status of the DNA. At present, no studies have comprehensively evaluated the genetic and epigenetic alterations induced by pesticides; therefore, the aim of the present study was to identify modifications in gene miRNA expression and DNA methylation useful for the prediction of pesticide exposure. For this purpose, an integrated analysis of gene expression, microRNA expression, and DNA methylation datasets obtained from the GEO DataSets database was performed to identify putative genes, microRNAs, and DNA methylation hotspots associated with pesticide exposure and responsible for the development of different diseases. In addition, DIANA-miRPath, STRING, and GO Panther prediction tools were used to establish the functional role of the putative biomarkers identified. The results obtained demonstrated that pesticides can modulate the expression levels of different genes and induce different epigenetic alterations in the expression levels of miRNAs and in the modulation of DNA methylation status.

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MicroRNAsPesticidesDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticGene ExpressionMicroRNAsPesticidesbioinformaticsbiomarkersDNA methylationepigeneticsmicroRNAsneurodegenerative diseasespesticidestumors

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PMID34444445
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