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ReviewEnvironmental epigenetics2025

A systematic review of associations between the environment, DNA methylation, and cognition.

Sophie Glover, Jacob Illyuk, Claire Hill, Bernadette McGuinness, Amy Jayne McKnight, Ruth F Hunter

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Review in Environmental epigenetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sophie GloverInstitute of Clinical Science B, Royal Victoria Hospital, Centre for Public Health, Queens' University Belfast, Grosvenor Rd, Belfast BT12 6BA, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5585-7859
Jacob IllyukInstitute of Clinical Science B, Royal Victoria Hospital, Centre for Public Health, Queens' University Belfast, Grosvenor Rd, Belfast BT12 6BA, United Kingdom.
Claire HillInstitute of Clinical Science B, Royal Victoria Hospital, Centre for Public Health, Queens' University Belfast, Grosvenor Rd, Belfast BT12 6BA, United Kingdom.
Bernadette McGuinnessInstitute of Clinical Science B, Royal Victoria Hospital, Centre for Public Health, Queens' University Belfast, Grosvenor Rd, Belfast BT12 6BA, United Kingdom.
Amy Jayne McKnightInstitute of Clinical Science B, Royal Victoria Hospital, Centre for Public Health, Queens' University Belfast, Grosvenor Rd, Belfast BT12 6BA, United Kingdom.
Ruth F HunterInstitute of Clinical Science B, Royal Victoria Hospital, Centre for Public Health, Queens' University Belfast, Grosvenor Rd, Belfast BT12 6BA, United Kingdom.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increasing prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases poses a significant public health challenge, prompting a growing focus on addressing modifiable risk factors of disease (e.g. physical inactivity, mental illness, and air pollution). The environment is a significant contributor of risk factors which are known to impact the brain and contribute to disease risk (e.g. air pollution, noise pollution, green and blue spaces). Epigenetics can offer insights into how various environmental exposures impact the body to contribute to cognitive outcomes. In this systematic review, we examined studies which have associated an environmental exposure to a type of epigenetic modification, DNA methylation, and a cognitive outcome. We searched four databases with keywords "environmental exposures," "epigenetics," and "cognition." We yielded 6886 studies that we screened by title/abstract followed by full text. We included 14 studies which focused on four categories of environmental exposure: air pollution (

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biological pathwaysbraincognitionenvironmentepigeneticmetalsmethylationneurodegenerative diseasepollutionsystematic review

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PMID39882510
PMCPMC11776599

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