Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Variations upon Exposure to Engineered Nanomaterials and Their Implications in Nanosafety Assessment.

Chen, Yue; Xu, Ming; Zhang, Jie; Ma, Juan; Gao, Ming; Zhang, Zhihong; Xu, Yong; Liu, Sijin · Adv Mater · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Sublethal exposure of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) induces the alteration of various cellular processes due to DNA methylation changes. DNA methylation variations represent a more sensitive fingerprint analysis of the direct and indirect effects that may be overlooked by traditional toxicity assays, and an understanding of the structure-activity relationship of DNA methylation upon ENMs would open a new path for their safer design.