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Tackling the Complexity of the Exposome: Considerations from the Gunma University Initiative for Advanced Research (GIAR) Exposome Symposium

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Zhang, Pei, Arora, Manish, Chaleckis, Romanas, Isobe, Tomohiko, Jain, Mohit, Meister, Isabel, Melén, Erik, Perzanowski, Matthew +3 more·2019·Metabolites

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The attempt to describe complex diseases by solely genetic determination has not been successful. There is increasing recognition that the development of disease is often a consequence of interactions between multiple genetic and environmental factors. To date, much of the research on environmental determinants of disease has focused on single exposures generally measured at a single time point. In order to address this limitation, the concept of the exposome has been introduced as a comprehensive approach, studying the full complement of environmental exposures from conception onwards. However, exposures are vast, dynamic, and diverse, and only a small proportion can be reasonably measured due to limitations in technology and feasibility. In addition, the interplay between genes and exposure as well as between different exposures is complicated and multifaceted, which leads to difficulties in linking disease or health outcomes with exposures. The large numbers of collected samples require well-designed logistics. Furthermore, the immense data sets generated from exposome studies require a significant computational investment for both data analysis and data storage. This report summarizes discussions during an international exposome symposium held at Gunma University in Japan regarding the concept of the exposome, challenges in exposome research, and future perspectives in the field.

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Zhang, P., Arora, M., Chaleckis, R., Isobe, T., Jain, M., Meister, I., Melén, E., Perzanowski, M., Torta, F., Wenk, M. R., & Wheelock, C. E.
Affiliations
  • Gunma University (JP)
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
  • National Institute for Environmental Studies (JP)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • Karolinska Institutet (SE)
  • Columbia University (US)
  • National University of Singapore (SG)
Corresponding author
Wheelock, Craig E.
Venue
Metabolites
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2019-06-06
Volume
9
Issue
6
Pages
106
ISSN
2218-1989 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2948930785
Cited by
27
References
64
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 5
FWCI
1.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Metabolites (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • National University of Singapore (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (18H06121, 19K21239, 19K17662, P17774)
  • Japanese Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (5-1752)
  • Gunma University Initiative for Advanced Research ((GIAR))
  • Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (JA2017-7040)
  • Hjärt-Lungfonden (20170734, 20180290)
  • Vetenskapsrådet (2016-02798)
  • Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (DP2ES025453, R01ES027595, P30 ES09089)
  • European Research Council (757919)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
Keywords
exposome, environmental exposure, gene-environment interaction, complex diseases, exposure measurement

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