Epigenetics of Lipid Phenotypes |
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| Authors: | Sergi?Sayols-Baixeras,Marguerite?R.?Irvin,Roberto?Elosua,Donna?K.?Arnett,Stella?W.?Aslibekyan author-information" > author-information__contact u-icon-before" > mailto:saslibek@uab.edu" title=" saslibek@uab.edu" itemprop=" email" data-track=" click" data-track-action=" Email author" data-track-label=" " >Email author |
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| Affiliation: | 1.College of Public Health,University of Kentucky,Lexington,USA;2.Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF),Barcelona,Spain;3.Department of Epidemiology,University of Alabama at Birmingham,Birmingham,USA;4.Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Genetics Group,Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mediques (IMIM),Barcelona,Spain |
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| Abstract: | Dyslipidemia is a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the main cause of death worldwide. Blood lipid profiles are patterned by both genetic and environmental factors. In recent years, epigenetics has emerged as a paradigm that unifies these influences. In this review, we have summarized the latest evidence implicating epigenetic mechanisms—DNA methylation, histone modification, and regulation by RNAs—in lipid homeostasis. Key findings have emerged in a number of novel epigenetic loci located in biologically plausible genes (eg, CPT1A, ABCG1, SREBF1, and others), as well as microRNA-33a/b. Evidence from animal and cell culture models suggests a complex interplay between different classes of epigenetic processes in the lipid-related genomic regions. Although epigenetic findings hold the potential to explain the interindividual variability in lipid profiles as well as the underlying mechanisms, they have yet to be translated into effective therapies for dyslipidemia. |
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