作为减轻非洲血统人群中风风险过多的目标,表观遗传学:一个范围审查
Priscilla Abrafi Opare-Addo1, Fred Stephen Sarfo2, Minas Aikins1
1Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
概括
表观遗传学可能会解释非洲血统的人中风风险更高. 需要更多的研究来探索表观遗传模式作为预防中风的治疗点.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 非洲血统的个人在全球范围内表现出不成比例地更高的中风发病率.
- 传统的中风风险因素只能部分解释这种差异,这表明其他因素也有所贡献.
- 跨代的表观遗传特征为减少中风差异提供了潜在的治疗途径.
研究的目的:
- 审查关于表观遗传学在非洲血统的人中中风风险升高方面的现有证据.
- 识别知识差距和针对表观遗传机制的潜在缓解策略.
主要方法:
- 对2003年1月至2023年7月期间发表的研究进行了范围审查.
- 审查的重点是研究表观遗传学和中风风险的研究.
- 总结了研究结果,特别关注有关非洲血统的人的结果.
主要成果:
- 在104项审查的研究中,只有6项专门研究了非洲血统人士的表观遗传机制和中风风险.
- 发现DNA甲基化和非编码RNA模式与生活方式,异生菌和FVIII水平相互作用,增加中风风险.
- 没有研究探讨了表观遗传模式作为心理社会压力因素或社会背景的目标,也没有研究在这个人群中用于表观遗传重编程的治疗剂.
结论:
- 表观遗传学为减轻非洲血统的人中风风险差异提供了一个有希望的目标.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明特定的表观遗传途径,调节特定人群中风风险.
- 了解这些途径可以为开发有针对性的干预措施提供信息,以解决过度中风风险.
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