Journal article
Environmentally Induced Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance of Reproductive Disease
Biology of reproduction, Vol.93(6), pp.145-145
12/2015
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/101913
PMID: 26510870
Abstract
Reproductive disease and fertility issues have dramatically increased in the human population over the last several decades, suggesting environmental impacts. Epigenetics provides a mechanistic link by which an organism can respond to environmental factors. Interestingly, environmentally induced epigenetic alterations in the germ line can promote aberrant gene expression and disease generationally. Environmentally induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance is defined as germ-line transmission of altered epigenetic information between generations in the absence of continued environmental exposures. This form of nongenetic inheritance has been shown to directly influence fertility and reproductive disease. This review describes the studies in a variety of species that impact reproductive disease and abnormalities. Observations suggest serious attention be paid to the possibility that ancestral exposures to environmental insults promotes transgenerational inheritance of reproductive disease susceptibility. Environmentally induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance appears to be an important contributing factor to reproductive disease in many organisms, including humans.
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- Title
- Environmentally Induced Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance of Reproductive Disease
- Creators
- Eric E Nilsson - Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WashingtonMichael K Skinner - Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington skinner@wsu.edu
- Publication Details
- Biology of reproduction, Vol.93(6), pp.145-145
- Academic Unit
- Biological Sciences, School of
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- R01 ES012974 / NIEHS NIH HHS
- Identifiers
- 99900546514801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article