Communications Biology (May 2022)

The early-life exposome modulates the effect of polymorphic inversions on DNA methylation

  • Natàlia Carreras-Gallo,
  • Alejandro Cáceres,
  • Laura Balagué-Dobón,
  • Carlos Ruiz-Arenas,
  • Sandra Andrusaityte,
  • Ángel Carracedo,
  • Maribel Casas,
  • Leda Chatzi,
  • Regina Grazuleviciene,
  • Kristine Bjerve Gutzkow,
  • Johanna Lepeule,
  • Léa Maitre,
  • Mark Nieuwenhuijsen,
  • Remy Slama,
  • Nikos Stratakis,
  • Cathrine Thomsen,
  • Jose Urquiza,
  • John Wright,
  • Tiffany Yang,
  • Geòrgia Escaramís,
  • Mariona Bustamante,
  • Martine Vrijheid,
  • Luis A. Pérez-Jurado,
  • Juan R. González

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03380-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Analysis of the relationship between presence of common DNA sequence inversions and DNA methylation patterns suggests a role for environmental exposures (such as food intake) in mediating inversion state-specific methylation patterns.