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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Mol Mutagen. 2014 Jan 21;55(3):171–183. doi: 10.1002/em.21850

Table 1.

Broad environmental DNA methylation regulators and references, by higher order classifications of toxicants.

Factor (examples) Observational Epidemiology Citations Laboratory Toxicology Citations
Toxicant Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, As, Ni) [Pilsner et al. 2009] [Wright et al. 2010] [Marsit et al. 2006] [Bihaqi et al. 2011]
Air pollution (particulate matter) [Madrigano et al. 2011] [Tarantini et al. 2009] [Yauk et al. 2008]
Persistent organo-pollutants [Kim et al. 2010] [Rusiecki et al. 2008] [Zama and Uzumcu 2009]
Endocrine disrupting chemicals [Bromer et al. 2010] [Anderson et al. 2012; Guerrero-Bosagna et al. 2008]
Volatile organic compounds (benzene) [Bollati et al. 2007; Seow et al. 2012] [Ji et al. 2010; Tabish et al. 2012]
Nutrient One-carbon metabolism [Ba et al. 2011] [Hoyo et al. 2011] [Hirsch et al. 2008] [Fenech 2001a] [Mehedint et al. 2010] [McKay et al. 2011]
Micro-nutrients [Fenech and Ferguson 2001] [Fenech 2001b] [Davis and Uthus 2003] [Rowling et al. 2002]
Caloric restriction [Tobi et al. 2009] [Hass et al. 1993]
Nutraceuticals (EGCG, curcumin, piperine) [Yuasa et al. 2009] [Shi et al. 1994] [Fang et al. 2003]
Pharmaceutical [Yang et al. 2006] [Tryndyak et al. 2006]
Lifestyle and Demographic Smoking [Breitling et al. 2011] [Joubert et al. 2012] [Belinsky et al. 2003]
Socio-economic status [Borghol et al. 2012] [McGuinness et al. 2012]
Stress [Essex et al. 2013] [Uddin et al. 2010] [Murgatroyd et al. 2009] [Champagne et al. 2004]