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A combined epigenome- and transcriptome-wide association study of the oral masticatory mucosa assigns CYP1B1 a central role for epithelial health in smokers

The oral mucosa has an important role in maintaining barrier integrity at the gateway to the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts. Smoking is a strong environmental risk factor for the common oral inflammat...

Gesa M. Richter, Jochen Kruppa, Matthias Munz, Ricarda Wiehe… in Clinical Epigenetics (2019)