Can the environment change the epigenome? Roles for transcription factors as mediators of toxicant exposure

Currently, environmental epigenetic research focuses on biomarker researcher with limited focus on mechanisms by which toxicants can change the epigenome in the context of human populations. The Epigenetic Response to Environmental Exposure Group, lead by Dr. Martin, is seeking to close this gap by describing epigenetic reprogramming induced by ligand dependent transcription factor binding and determining how this changes in the context of non-endogenous ligands (i.e. toxicant exposure) during susceptible windows of exposure such as pregnancy.

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