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Review
. 2010 Dec;3(6):567-73.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.110.958744.

Cardiovascular epigenetics: basic concepts and results from animal and human studies

Andrea Baccarelli  1 , Michiel Rienstra, Emelia J Benjamin
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Review

Cardiovascular epigenetics: basic concepts and results from animal and human studies

Andrea Baccarelli et al. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2010 Dec.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
CpG Islands, shores, and methylation sites in relation to a hypothetical gene
Figure 2
Figure 2
Timeline of milestones in epigenetics
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Figure 3
Epigenetic publications: total number and number related to cardiovascular disease PubMed Search performed on October 30th 2010 using the search terms (epigenetics OR DNA methylation OR histone modifications) for “epigenetics”; and (cardiovascular OR cardiovascular disease) for “cardiovascular disease” *2010 data were projected by multiplying the 2009 publication numbers by the 2007–2009 yearly relative increment. As of October 30th 2010, PubMed listed 6,586 publications on epigenetics and 280 on epigenetics & cardiovascular disease.
Figure 4
Figure 4
A conceptual model linking epigenomics to cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular risk factors
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