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Conceptual framework for the role of environmental factors in altering the epigenome, thereby affecting neurodegenerative disease risk. The epigenome, which is sensitive to the environment and helps regulate gene expression, represents a potential mechanism by which the environment can alter neurodegenerative disease risk. However, the contribution of 5-hmC to the relationship between environment, epigenome, and disease remains largely unclear
