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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Chronic Pesticide Exposure in Farm Workers Is Associated with the Epigenetic Modulation of hsa-miR-199a-5p.

Giuseppe Gattuso, Luca Falzone, Chiara Costa, Federica Giambò, Michele Teodoro, Silvia Vivarelli, Massimo Libra, Concettina Fenga

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Giuseppe GattusoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5931-2648
Luca FalzoneEpidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7349-6826
Chiara CostaClinical and Experimental Medicine Department, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
Federica GiambòCEMAD Digestive Disease Center, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3033-627X
Michele TeodoroDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, Occupational Medicine Section, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8095-2559
Silvia VivarelliDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, Occupational Medicine Section, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9363-6523
Massimo LibraDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7232-7737
Concettina FengaDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, Occupational Medicine Section, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6369-2700
University of Messina · ITUniversity of Catania · ITIstituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale" · ITUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increasing use of pesticides in intensive agriculture has had a negative impact on human health. It was widely demonstrated how pesticides can induce different genetic and epigenetic alterations associated with the development of different diseases, including tumors and neurological disorders. Therefore, the identification of effective indicators for the prediction of harmful pesticide exposure is mandatory. In this context, the aim of the study was to evaluate the modification of hsa-miR-199a-5p expression levels in liquid biopsy samples obtained from healthy donors and farm workers with chronic exposure to pesticides. For this purpose, the high-sensitive droplet digital PCR assay (ddPCR) was used to detect variation in the expression levels of the selected microRNA (miRNA). The ddPCR analyses revealed a significant down-regulation of hsa-miR-199a-5p observed in individuals exposed to pesticides compared to control samples highlighting the good predictive value of this miRNA as demonstrated by statistical analyses. Overall, the obtained results encourage the analysis of miRNAs as predictive biomarkers of chronic pesticide exposure thus improving the current strategies for the monitoring of harmful pesticide exposure.

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Epigenesis, GeneticMicroRNAsOccupational ExposurePesticidesDown-RegulationFarmersHumansMicroRNAsmirn199 microRNA, humanPesticidesddPCRepigeneticshsa-miR-199a-5pliquid biopsymicroRNAspesticide exposure

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PMID35742265
PMCPMC9222590
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