Air pollution and gene-specific methylation in the Normative Aging Study: association, effect modification, and mediation analysis.

ABSTRACT: The mechanisms by which air pollution has multiple systemic effects in humans are not fully elucidated, but appear to include inflammation and thrombosis. This study examines whether concentrations of ozone and components of fine particle mass are associated with changes in methylation on tissue factor (F3), interferon gamma (IFN-γ), interleukin 6 (IL-6), toll-like receptor 2 (TLR-2), and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1). We investigated associations between air pollution exposure and gene-specific methylation in 777 elderly men participating in the Normative Aging Study (1999-2009). We repeatedly measured methylation at multiple CpG sites within each gene's promoter region and calculated the mean of the position-specific measurements. We examined intermediate-term associations b

SUBMITTER: Bind MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4053463 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature