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. 2025 Jul 13;15(4):118. doi: 10.3390/jox15040118
2,4-D 2,4-cichlorophenoxyacetic acid
5mC 5-Methylcytosine
Amyloid beta
ACTA2 Actin alpha 2
AD Alzheimer’s disease
ADP Adenosine-5′-diphosphate
AKT Protein kinase B (PKB)
ALSPAC Avon longitudinal study of parents and children
Ano6 Anoctamin 6
Arap2 Ankyrin repeat and PH domain 2
ARTs Adenosine-5′-diphosphate-ribosyltransferases
As Arsenic
bdnf Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
BPA Bisphenol A
Cd Cadmium
CDH13 Cadherin 13
CHRNA5 Cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 5 subunit
CO Carbon monoxide
CpG Cytosine–phosphate–guanine
Cpne4 Copine 4
CRISPR Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
Cul2 Cullin-2
CVD Cardiovascular diseases
DDT Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DEHP Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
DEPs Diesel exhaust particles
dio3 Deiodinase, iodothyronine type III
Dlg2 discs large MAGUK scaffold protein 2
DMPs Differentially methylated positions
DMSO Dimethyl sulfoxide
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNMTs Deoxyribonucleic acid methyltransferases
Dock3 Dedicator of cytokinesis 3
EDCs Endocrine-disrupting chemicals
EPA The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ESCs Embryonic stem cells
ESCO1 Establishment of cohesion 1 homologue 1
EU European Union
G9a Euchromatic histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2
Gadd45 Growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible 45
GATA3 GATA binding protein 3
GBHs glyphosate-based herbicides
GLAST Astrocytic glutamate-aspartate transporter
GLT-1 Glutamate transporter 1
H2AK119Ub Monoubiquitinated histone H2A at lysine 119
H3K4me2 Dimethylated histone H3 at lysine 4
H3K4me3 Trimethylated histone H3 at lysine 4
H3K9 Lysine 9 of histone H3
H3K9ac Acetylated histone H3 at lysine 9
H3K9me2 Dimethylated histone H3 at lysine 9
H3K9me3 Trimethylated histone H3 at lysine 9
H3K14 Lysine 14 of histone H3
H3K27 Lysine 27 of histone H3
H3K27me3 Trimethylated histone H3 at lysine 27
H3K36me3 Trimethylated histone H3 at lysine 36
H3R2me2 Dimethylated histone H3 at arginine 2
H3S10ph Phosphorylated histone H3 at serine 10
H4K5ac Acetylated histone H4 at lysine 5
H4K20me2 Dimethylated histone H4 at lysine 20
H4K20me3 Trimethylated histone H4 at lysine 20
HATs Histone acetyltransferases
HCB Hexachlorobenzene
α-HCH Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane
β-HCH Beta-hexachlorocyclohexane
HDAC2 Histone deacetylase 2
HDAC3 Histone deacetylase 3
HDACs Histone deacetylases
Hells Helicase, lymphoid specific
Hg Mercury
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
KAT2B Lysine acetyltransferase 2B
KDM3A Histone H3K9 demethylase lysine-specific demethylase 3A.
KDM5A Histone H3K4 demethylase lysine-specific demethylase 5A
KDM5B Histone H3K4 demethylase lysine-specific demethylase 5B
KLF6 Kruppel-like factor 6
LINE-1 Long interspersed nuclear element-1
lncRNA Long non-coding ribonucleic acid
MBD2 Methyl-CpG binding domain protein 2
Mn Manganese
mRNA Messenger ribonucleic acid
miRNA Micro ribonucleic acid
MPTP 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
MPP+ 1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium
MSH5 MutS homologue 5
MPs Microplastics
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
ncRNA Non-coding ribonucleic acid
NFKB1 Nuclear factor kappa B subunit 1
NO Nitric oxide
NO2 Nitrogen dioxide
O3 Ozone
Ogdh Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase
OGG1 8-Oxoguanine deoxyribonucleic acid glycosylase 1
NPs Nanoplastics
p21 Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A
PADs Peptidylarginine deiminases
PAHs Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Pb Lead
PBDEs Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls
PCDDs Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins
PCDFs Polychlorinated dibenzofurans
Pdpk1 3-Phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1
PFOS Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid
PFOSF Perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride
PD Parkinson’s disease
PINK1 PTEN-induced putative kinase 1
PM Particulate matter
POPs persistent organic pollutants
PRMT6 Protein arginine methyltransferase 6
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homologue
PVC polyvinyl chloride
R Arginine
Rankl Receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand
RC-LINE-1 Retrotransposition-competent long interspersed nuclear element-1
RNA Ribonucleic acid
ROS Reactive oxygen species
Rptor Regulatory associated protein of mTOR complex 1
SAM S-adenosyl methionine
Sat2 satellite 2 DNA
SETD8 SET domain containing 8 or lysine methyltransferase 5A
Sirt1 Sirtuin 1
SLE Systemic lupus erythematosus
SO2 Sulphur dioxide
Spop Speckle-type POZ protein
STK32A Serine/threonine kinase 32A
SUMO Small ubiquitin-like modifier
Tbc1d5 TBC1 domain family member 5
TCDD 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
TERT Telomerase reverse transcriptase
TET Ten-eleven translocation enzymes
TP53INP1 Tumour protein p53 inducible nuclear protein 1
Trap Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase
tRNA Transfer RNA
TSA Trichostatin A
USA United States of America
VTI1A Vesicle transport through interaction with T-SNAREs homologue 1A
WHO World Health Organization
XIAP X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein