Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) previously known as primary biliary cirrhosis is an autoimmune disease-associated with progressive cholestasis, the presence of autoreactive T cell and characteristic serological autoantibodies. Genetic and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have recently shed light on the genetic background of PBC. Besides that some causal nucleotide changes and mechanisms remain largely unknown as suggested for example, by the observation that monozygotic twins have an identical DNA sequence even if presents some phenotypic differences that may be consequences of different exposures to environmental stressors. For this reason, it is believed that epigenetic mechanisms may be involved in PBC pathogenesis, as already demonstrated in many autoimmune diseases and can eventually provide an understanding that has been missed from genetics alone. This review will focus on the most commonly studied epigenetic modifications already demonstrated in PBC; special attention will be paid also to other epigenetic mechanisms so far not demonstrated in PBC patients, but that could increase our understanding in PBC pathogenesis.

Marzorati, S., Lleo, A., Carbone, M., Gershwin, M., Invernizzi, P. (2016). The epigenetics of PBC: The link between genetic susceptibility and environment. CLINICS AND RESEARCH IN HEPATOLOGY AND GASTROENTEROLOGY, 40(6), 650-659 [10.1016/j.clinre.2016.05.011].

The epigenetics of PBC: The link between genetic susceptibility and environment

CARBONE, MARCO;INVERNIZZI, PIETRO
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2016

Abstract

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) previously known as primary biliary cirrhosis is an autoimmune disease-associated with progressive cholestasis, the presence of autoreactive T cell and characteristic serological autoantibodies. Genetic and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have recently shed light on the genetic background of PBC. Besides that some causal nucleotide changes and mechanisms remain largely unknown as suggested for example, by the observation that monozygotic twins have an identical DNA sequence even if presents some phenotypic differences that may be consequences of different exposures to environmental stressors. For this reason, it is believed that epigenetic mechanisms may be involved in PBC pathogenesis, as already demonstrated in many autoimmune diseases and can eventually provide an understanding that has been missed from genetics alone. This review will focus on the most commonly studied epigenetic modifications already demonstrated in PBC; special attention will be paid also to other epigenetic mechanisms so far not demonstrated in PBC patients, but that could increase our understanding in PBC pathogenesis.
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Gastroenterology
English
2016
40
6
650
659
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Marzorati, S., Lleo, A., Carbone, M., Gershwin, M., Invernizzi, P. (2016). The epigenetics of PBC: The link between genetic susceptibility and environment. CLINICS AND RESEARCH IN HEPATOLOGY AND GASTROENTEROLOGY, 40(6), 650-659 [10.1016/j.clinre.2016.05.011].
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