Xenoestrogen-induced epigenetic repression of non-coding microRNA genes in breast epithelial cells
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ABSTRACT: Early exposure to xenoestrogens may predispose to breat cancer risk later in adult life. The long-lived, self-regenerating epithelial progenitor cells are more susceptible to these exposure injuries and transmit the injured memory throught epigenetic mechanisms to their differentiated progeny. We have established a breast progenitor model for epigenetic study and our previous work demonstrated that DNA methylation profiling of epithelial progeny derived from progenitors exposed to estradiol detected hypermethylated loci in 0.5% of protein-coding genes. In this study, we extended this exposure study to non-coding microRNA genes.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE16001 | GEO | 2012/04/16
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA115417
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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