A multi-omics approach to investigate the inflammatory response to life course socioeconomic position
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Aims: Inflammation represents a potential pathway through which socioeconomic position (SEP) is biologically embedded. Materials & Methods: We analysed inflammatory biomarkers in response to life course SEP by integrating multi-omics DNA-methylation, gene expression and protein level in 178 EPIC-Italy participants. Results & Conclusions: We identified 61 potential cis acting CpG loci whose methylation levels were associated with gene expression at a Bonferroni correction. We examined the relationships between life course SEP and these 61 cis-acting regulatory methylation sites (eMS) individually and jointly using several scores. Less advantaged SEP participants exhibit, later in life, a lower inflammatory methylome score, suggesting an overall increased expression of the corresponding inflammatory genes or proteins, supporting the hypothesis that SEP impacts adult physiology through inflammation.
Date Issued
2020-08-01
Date Acceptance
2020-06-29
Citation
Epigenomics, 2020, 12 (15)
ISSN
1750-1911
Publisher
Future Medicine
Journal / Book Title
Epigenomics
Volume
12
Issue
15
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Raphaële Castagné. This work is licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Cancer Research UK
Commission of the European Communities
Grant Number
‘Mechanomics’ PRC project grant 22184
633666
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Genetics & Heredity
DNA methylation
gene expression
inflammation
life course epidemiology
protein
socioeconomic position
CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIA
DNA METHYLATION
GENE-EXPRESSION
RISK-FACTORS
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS
BLOOD-SAMPLES
HEALTH
STRESS
CHILDHOOD
CELLS
DNA methylation
gene expression
inflammation
life course epidemiology
protein
socioeconomic position
0604 Genetics
1103 Clinical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-09-02