Section Editor : Wim Vanden Berghe
Associate Editor: Andy T. Y. Lau
Although epigenetic mechanisms are inherently stable through cell divisions, various lifestyle factors such as nutrition, pharmacological therapies, medical intervention history, psychosocial stress, meditation, trauma, addiction (alcohol, drugs of abuse, smoking, eating disorders), exercise, geographical living condition (urbanisation, climate, season, altitude), infection history (virus, bacteria, parasite, tick, microbiome) or combinations thereof can (re)shape the epigenetic landscape at different stages during life. This section aims to cover the breadth and depth of studies examining the impacts or interplay of different lifestyle factors on epigenetic regulation. Articles in this section may use animal model or human population approaches to vigorously identify how lifestyle factors impact the full range of epigenetic mechanisms and the implication of those changes on phenotypic health or disease outcomes.