2型糖尿病と肥満の原因となる曝露

Paul W Franks^1,2,3, Mark I McCarthy^4,5

¹Department of Clinical Sciences, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|November 16, 2016

まとめ

2型糖尿病と肥満は世界的な健康上の脅威です遺伝的傾向を理解することでこれらの状態を誘発する重要な環境要因を明らかにし予防と治療の戦略を導き出すことができます

科学分野:

公衆衛生
遺伝学
環境健康

背景:

世界中で2型糖尿病と肥満の流行が増加しているため,公衆衛生面では大きな課題となっています.
社会的・経済的要因は集団内および集団間での病気の分布に大きく影響します
遺伝的なDNAの変異と生涯に渡る環境への曝露によって個人の傾向が生まれます

研究の目的:

2型糖尿病と肥満に関する遺伝的洞察が,重要な非遺伝的環境要因をどのように特定できるかを検討する.
遺伝学と環境の相互作用を理解する
重要な環境要因を特徴づけることで効果的な治療と予防戦略を策定する.

主な方法:

2型糖尿病と肥満の遺伝的根拠に関する現在の理解を振り返る.
遺伝的傾向と環境的曝露の相互作用の分析
病気の発症を促す重要な非遺伝的要因を特定する.

主要な成果:

2型糖尿病や肥満に寄与する特定の環境的曝露を遺伝学的な理解によって特定することができます
このアプローチは,一般的な"西洋"のライフスタイル説明を超えています.
具体的な環境要因を特徴づける必要性を強調する.

結論:

2型糖尿病と肥満の流行を食い止めるには遺伝学と環境研究の統合が不可欠です
遺伝学による特定の環境的トリガーの特定は効果的な介入の鍵です
病気のエチオロギーの微妙な理解は公衆衛生の進歩のために必要である.

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