title: Review of Environmental Impact on the Epigenetic Regulation of Atopic Diseases.
abstract: There has been significant increase in the prevalence of atopy over the past decade that cannot be explained by genetic predisposition. Environmental factors including nutrition, the uterine environment, and lifestyle factors are known to play a role in gene expression through epigenetic modifications. In this article, we review the literature on the environmental impact on epigenetic modulation of atopic diseases including asthma, food allergy, eczema, and allergic rhinitis. Recent public release of epigenomic data for hundreds of human tissues provides a powerful resource for further investigation of the molecular basis of atopic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 269 Campus Drive, CCSR Suite 3215, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Saman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sabounchi
authors.forename: Jenna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bollyky
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nadeau
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology; D019175:DNA Methylation; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence