Genome-wide epigenetic analyses in Japanese immigrant plantation workers with Parkinson's disease and exposure to organochlorines reveal possible involvement of glial genes and pathways involved in neurotoxicity.

Go RCP, Corley MJ, Ross GW, Petrovitch H, Masaki KH, Maunakea AK, He Q, Tiirikainen MI. Genome-wide epigenetic analyses in Japanese immigrant plantation workers with Parkinson's disease and exposure to organochlorines reveal possible involvement of glial genes and pathways involved in neurotoxicity. BMC Neurosci. 2020 07 10; 21(1):31.

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subject areas

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
DNA Methylation
Emigrants and Immigrants
Epigenesis, Genetic
Genome-Wide Association Study
Humans
Japan
Neuroglia
Parkinson Disease

authors with profiles

Kamal Masaki MD PhD
Maarit Tiirikainen, PhD
Alika Maunakea, PhD

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