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Environmental exposures, epigenetics and cardiovascular disease
5 Jun 2012
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Epigenetic modifications are heritable alterations of the genome, which can govern gene expression without altering the DNA sequence. The purpose of this review is to render an overview of the possible mechanisms of epigenetic regulation of gene expression in response to environmental pollutants leading to cardiovascular diseases (CVD). RECENT FINDINGS: An era of cataloging epigenetic marks of...
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