Overview
- Provides evidence that environmental exposures during early development can alter the risk of developing medical conditions
- Presents epigenetic processes that occur in human embryonic stem cells, as well as in differentiating cells and organs such as the brain, discussing autism, schizophrenia and even sexual dimorphism in the developing brains of males and females.
- Summarizes the latest epigenetic advances in the understanding of cancer development and progression, with a special focus on DNA methylation alterations and their value in clinical oncology for cancer management
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Epigenetics and Human Health (EHH)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Fetal Origins of Adult Disease Susceptibility
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Epigenetics and Environmental Exposures
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Epigenetics, Gene Regulation, and Stem Cells
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Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental Epigenomics in Health and Disease
Book Subtitle: Epigenetics and Disease Origins
Editors: Randy L Jirtle, Frederick L. Tyson
Series Title: Epigenetics and Human Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23380-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-23379-1Published: 29 May 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42728-2Published: 15 June 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-23380-7Published: 16 May 2013
Series ISSN: 2191-2262
Series E-ISSN: 2191-2270
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 302
Topics: Human Genetics, Cancer Research, Gene Function