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Novel etiological and therapeutic strategies for neurodiseases: epigenetic understanding of gene-environment interactions.
Journal of pharmacological sciences - 1 Jan 2010
Kubota Takeo, Miyake Kunio, Hirasawa Takae, Nagai Kaoru, Koide Tsuyoshi
Abstract excerpt
Epigenetics is a mechanism that regulates gene expression not depending on the underlying DNA sequence, but on the chemical modifications of DNA and histone proteins. Defects in the factors involved in epigenetic regulation cause congenital neurodevelopmental diseases, and thus, epigenetic regulation is essential for normal brain development. Besides these intrinsic defects, it is becoming increasingly apparent...
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