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A multi-omics approach to investigate the inflammatory response to life course socioeconomic position

Published inEpigenomics, vol. 12, no. 15, p. 1287-1302
Publication date2020
Abstract

Aim: Inflammation represents a potential pathway through which socioeconomic position (SEP) is biologically embedded. Materials & methods: We analyzed inflammatory biomarkers in response to life course SEP by integrating multi-omics DNA-methylation, gene expression and protein level in 178 European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Italy participants. Results & conclusion: We identified 61 potential cis acting CpG loci whose methylation levels were associated with gene expression at a Bonferroni correction. We examined the relationships between life course SEP and these 61 cis-acting regulatory methylation sites individually and jointly using several scores. Less-advantaged SEP participants exhibit, later in life, a lower inflammatory methylome score, suggesting an overall increased expression of the corresponding inflammatory genes or proteins, supporting the hypothesis that SEP impacts adult physiology through inflammation.

Keywords
  • DNA methylation
  • Gene expression
  • Inflammation
  • Life course epidemiology
  • Protein
  • Socioeconomic position
Funding
  • European Commission - Lifecourse biological pathways underlying social differences in healthy ageing [633666]
Citation (ISO format)
CASTAGNÉ, Raphaële et al. A multi-omics approach to investigate the inflammatory response to life course socioeconomic position. In: Epigenomics, 2020, vol. 12, n° 15, p. 1287–1302. doi: 10.2217/epi-2019-0261
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