Heavy Metals in Umbilical Cord Blood: Effects on Epigenetics and Child Development
Heavy metals like arsenic, mercury, cadmium, and lead are harmful pollutants that can change how our genes are regulated without altering the DNA sequence, specifically through a process called DNA methylation (DNAm) at 5-methylcytosine, an epigenetic mark that we will focus on in this review. These...
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MDPI AG
2024-10-01
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| Series: | Cells |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/21/1775 |
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