DNA methylation provides a pivotal layer of epigenetic regulation in eukaryotes that has
significant involvement for numerous biological processes in health and disease. The …

Air pollution is one of the leading causes of deaths in Southeast Asian countries including
India. Exposure to air pollutants affects vital cellular mechanisms and is intimately linked …

The nasal cellular epigenome may serve as biomarker of airway disease and environmental
response. Here we collect nasal swabs from the anterior nares of 547 children (mean-age …

Prenatal maternal smoking is a risk factor for lower birth weight. We performed epigenome-
wide association analyses of placental DNA methylation (DNAm) at 720,077 cytosine …

Convincing evidence accumulated over the last decades demonstrates the crucial role of
epigenetic modifications for mammalian genome regulation and its flexibility. DNA …

Abstract Background Methylmercury (MeHg) is present in fish and is a neurotoxicant at
sufficiently high levels. One potential mechanism of MeHg toxicity early in life is epigenetic …

Preterm birth contributes significantly to neonatal mortality and morbidity. Despite its global
significance, there has only been limited progress in preventing preterm birth. Spontaneous …

Background Epigenetic clocks have been suggested to capture one feature of the
complexity between aging and the epigenome. However, little is known about the epigenetic …

Methylmercury (MeHg) is a globally relevant environmental neurotoxic pollutant. Recent
evidence from the Faroe Islands and Seychelles cohort studies suggest that maternal …

Heavy metals like arsenic, mercury, cadmium, and lead are harmful pollutants that can
change how our genes are regulated without altering the DNA sequence, specifically …