Tobacco smoking leads to extensive genome-wide changes in DNA methylation.

Tobacco smoking leads to extensive genome-wide changes in DNA methylation.

Environmental factors such as tobacco smoking may have long-lasting effects on DNA methylation patterns, which might lead to changes in gene expression and in a broader context to the development or progression of various diseases. We conducted an epigenome-wide association study (EWAs) comparing cu...

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Main Authors: Sonja Zeilinger, Brigitte Kühnel, Norman Klopp, Hansjörg Baurecht, Anja Kleinschmidt, Christian Gieger, Stephan Weidinger, Eva Lattka, Jerzy Adamski, Annette Peters, Konstantin Strauch, Melanie Waldenberger, Thomas Illig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3656907?pdf=render

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