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ReviewFrontiers in neurology

DNMT1 as an environmental sensor: epigenetic pathways linking environmental exposures, sex hormone signaling, and vulnerability to neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases.

Katharina Vöhringer, Magdalena Sophie Müller, Can Bora Yildiz, Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch

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Review in Frontiers in neurology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Katharina Vöhringer *Division of Neuroepigenetics, Institute of Zoology (Biology 2), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Magdalena Sophie Müller *Division of Neuroepigenetics, Institute of Zoology (Biology 2), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Can Bora YildizDivision of Neuroepigenetics, Institute of Zoology (Biology 2), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Geraldine Zimmer-BenschDivision of Neuroepigenetics, Institute of Zoology (Biology 2), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) has classically been viewed as the canonical maintenance methyltransferase, yet accumulating evidence positions it as a multifaceted hub that integrates environmental, hormonal, and metabolic signals with chromatin regulation in the developing and adult brain. This review highlights DNMT1 as an environmentally responsive epigenetic sensor across the lifespan. We examine how psychosocial stress, early-life adversity, inflammation, nutritional and microbiome-derived metabolites, and environmental toxicants modulate DNMT1 expression, subcellular localization, and post-translational modifications, thereby reshaping DNA methylation landscapes in neurons and glia. We further discuss how sex hormone signaling, particularly estrogen receptor alpha

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DNA methylationDNMT1environmental epigeneticsmicrobiome-brain axisneurological disorderssex differences

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