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ReviewEnvironmental epigenetics2025

Epigenetic modifications and transgenerational inheritance in women victims of violence (EWVV).

Donato Gemmati, Matteo Villanova, Fabio Scarpellini, Daniela Milani, Rossana Cecchi, Ajay Vikram Singh, Rosa Maria Gaudio, Veronica Tisato

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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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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Donato GemmatiDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6213-6120
Matteo VillanovaDepartment of Education Sciences, Roma Tre University, 00154 Rome, Italy.
Fabio ScarpelliniCERM-Hungaria, 00198 Rome, Italy.
Daniela MilaniDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Rossana CecchiDepartment of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Modena, 41125 Modena, Italy.
Ajay Vikram SinghDepartment of Chemical and Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), 10589 Berlin, Germany.
Rosa Maria GaudioDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Veronica TisatoDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Female survivors of physical or psychological violence, including sexual violence, report significant long-term consequences defined as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Among these, depression, affective difficulties, anomalous behaviours, and worsened reproductive health may also affect offspring through transgenerational transmission involving primordial germ cells (PGCs) and/or through social transmission and acquisition of behavioural patterns from parent(s) to children. The concept of epigenomic modification involves several molecular targets that are sensitive to environmental stressors, which tune gene activity and expression. DNA methylation, histone acetylation, ncRNAs, telomere attrition, and mitochondrial dysfunction cooperate in maintaining homeostasis and may affect genes involved in key pathways, such as the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, mediating the integrated homeostatic response to stressors. The most investigated genes were those implicated in neuroendocrine stress responses; dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin signalling; apoptosis; insulin secretion; neuroplasticity; reproduction; foetal growth; and cancer (e.g.

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copingepidrugsepigeneticsgender-based violencemethylomePTSDresiliencestress responsewomen violence

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PMID41070359
PMCPMC12504859

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