2018 article
EPIGENOMICS AND HUMAN OBESITY
EPIGENETICS IN HUMAN DISEASE, 2ND EDITION, Vol. 6, pp. 409–426.
TL;DR:
This chapter summarizes human data on CpG methylation, the most studied epigenetic mechanism in humans, in the context of causal inference, in adults and children, and concludes with a call for sex- and ethnic-specific data, together with data demonstrating that obesity-associated DNA methylation marks identified precede obesity.
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Obesity has become one of the most urgent public health problems globally with the steepest increases in prevalence reported among socioeconomically disadvantaged and ethnic minorities. Obesity is associated with sizable reductions in life expectancy and quality of life. Although evidence from model systems supports that epigenetic dysregulation may cause obesity, the affected pathways are still unclear. This chapter summarizes human data on CpG methylation, the most studied epigenetic mechanism in humans, in the context of causal inference, in adults and children. Recent technological advances in the measurement of CpG methylation have led to the identification of multiple obesity-related sequence regions. Still limited are data on the temporal stability of regions identified thus far, and the extent to which obesity-related sequence regions remain significant in ethnic minorities. We conclude with a call for sex- and ethnic-specific data, together with data demonstrating that obesity-associated DNA methylation marks identified precede obesity.