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Epigenetic underpinnings of developmental immunotoxicity and autoimmune disease.


ABSTRACT: The concordance rate for developing autoimmune disease in identical twins is around 50% demonstrating that gene and environmental interactions contribute to disease etiology. The environmental contribution to autoimmune disease is a wide-ranging concept including exposure to immunotoxic environmental chemicals. Because the immune system is immature during development suggests that adult-onset autoimmunity may originate when the immune system is particularly sensitive. Among the pollutants most closely associated with inflammation and/or autoimmunity include Bisphenol-A, mercury, TCDD, and trichloroethylene. These toxicants have been shown to impart epigenetic changes (e.g., DNA methylation) that may alter immune function and promote autoreactivity. Here we review these autoimmune-promoting toxicants and their relation to immune cell epigenetics both in terms of adult and developmental exposure.

SUBMITTER: Blossom SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6319940 | biostudies-other | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Epigenetic underpinnings of developmental immunotoxicity and autoimmune disease.

Blossom Sarah J SJ   Gilbert Kathleen M KM  

Current opinion in toxicology 20171201


The concordance rate for developing autoimmune disease in identical twins is around 50% demonstrating that gene and environmental interactions contribute to disease etiology. The environmental contribution to autoimmune disease is a wide-ranging concept including exposure to immunotoxic environmental chemicals. Because the immune system is immature during development suggests that adult-onset autoimmunity may originate when the immune system is particularly sensitive. Among the pollutants most c  ...[more]

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