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JOURNAL ARTICLE
REVIEW
Mendelian Randomization and the Environmental Epigenetics of Health: a Systematic Review.
Current Environmental Health Reports 2019 Februrary 19
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Epigenetic modifications are environmentally responsive and may play a mechanistic role in the development of disease. Mendelian randomization uses genetic variation to assess the causal effect of modifiable exposures on health outcomes. We conducted a systematic review of Mendelian randomization studies evaluating the causal role of DNA methylation (DNAm) changes on the development of health states, emphasizing on studies that formally evaluate exposure-DNAm, in addition to DNAm-outcome, causal associations.
RECENT FINDINGS: We identified 15 articles, 4 of them including an environmental determinant of DNAm, including self-reported tobacco smoke exposure, in utero tobacco smoke exposure, measured vitamin B12 , and glycemia. Selected articles suggest a causal association of DNAm with some cardiometabolic endpoints. DNAm seemed to partly explain the association of postnatal and prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke and vitamin B12 with inflammation biomarkers, birth weight, and cognitive outcomes, respectively. However, the current evidence is not sufficient to infer causality. Additional Mendelian randomization studies from large epidemiologic samples are needed to support the causal role of environmental factors as determinants of health-related epigenetic modifications.
RECENT FINDINGS: We identified 15 articles, 4 of them including an environmental determinant of DNAm, including self-reported tobacco smoke exposure, in utero tobacco smoke exposure, measured vitamin B12 , and glycemia. Selected articles suggest a causal association of DNAm with some cardiometabolic endpoints. DNAm seemed to partly explain the association of postnatal and prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke and vitamin B12 with inflammation biomarkers, birth weight, and cognitive outcomes, respectively. However, the current evidence is not sufficient to infer causality. Additional Mendelian randomization studies from large epidemiologic samples are needed to support the causal role of environmental factors as determinants of health-related epigenetic modifications.
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