ESPOCH Congresses (Sep 2021)

I International Seminar of Livestock and Agroindustrial Production ESPOCH 2020

  • Iván Enrique Naranjo Logroño,
  • Leslie Gricel Cuzco Macías,
  • Carla Victoria Sandoval Flores,
  • Anthony Alfonso Naranjo Coronel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18502/espoch.v1i6.9653
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 6
pp. 161 – 167

Abstract

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Abstract Introduction: Epigenetics is relevant in obstetrics for its action during pregnancy, in embryo-fetal life and even for the events that exist at birth. Objective: To investigate and analyze information about the role that epigeomics plays in the transgenerational transmission of chronic diseases in the context of poverty with a perinatal approach. Methods: Through a non-systematic bibliographic review through the search engines: LILACS, CINAHL, COCHRANE, EBSCO, MEDLINE, SCIELO, SCOPUS and PUBMED. Results: 32 bibliographic publications were found, of which 30 articles containing information related to the topic were included. Discussion: The genome has been compared to the hardware of a computer, while the epigenetic information is compared to the software that controls the operation of the hardware. Furthermore, the factors affecting epigenetic information can be analog as parameters to operate the software. Conclusion: The epigenomics studies the process by which the expression of certain genes occurs, in order to reduce the probability of the appearance of chronic diseases, having a potential effect during pregnancy and neonatal period.

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