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Environmental Epigenetics: Crossroad between Public Health, Lifestyle, and Cancer Prevention.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2015
Romani Massimo, Pistillo Maria Pia, Banelli Barbara
Abstract excerpt
Epigenetics provides the key to transform the genetic information into phenotype and because of its reversibility it is considered an ideal target for therapeutic interventions. This paper reviews the basic mechanisms of epigenetic control: DNA methylation, histone modifications, chromatin remodeling, and ncRNA expression and their role in disease development. We describe also the influence of the environment,...
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