Environmental Health Perspectives
Marking Time: Epigenetic Aging May Partially Explain the Arsenic-Cardiovascular Disease Link
CommentaryBiomarkers
Abstract
New epigenetic clocks point to DNA methylation as a mechanism in the well-known link between arsenic exposure and cardiovascular disease risk. The results validate the use of these clocks in Native American populations.
- Arsenic
- DNA methylation
- Epigenetic regulation of gene expression
- Cardiovascular disease
- Epigenetic clock
- Humans
The paper
Environmental Health Perspectives, 6 Feb 2024, Open access
