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Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Environmental Sciences, Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, Toxicology, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASE, BLOOD MONONUCLEAR-CELLS, ACUTE MYELOID-LEUKEMIA, HEART-FAILURE PATIENTS, HUMAN BREAST-CANCER, CIGARETTE-SMOKE, BISPHENOL-A, DOWN-REGULATION, AIR-POLLUTION, POLYCHLORINATED-BIPHENYLS, Biomarkers, Environmental Exposure, Humans, MicroRNAs, RNA, Messenger, 05 Environmental Sciences, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences, 41 Environmental sciences, 42 Health sciences

Abstract:

The exposome encompasses all life-course environmental exposures from the prenatal period onward that influence health. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are interesting entities within this concept as markers and causation of disease. MicroRNAs are short oligonucleotide sequences that can interact with several mRNA targets.