University of Michigan Researcher Publishes New Study Findings on Mononuclear Phagocyte System (Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation and Monocyte DNA Methylation Age Acceleration).

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan explores the relationship between neighborhood segregation, poverty, and DNA methylation age acceleration in the mononuclear phagocyte system. The study, which used data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, found that living in neighborhoods with greater segregation of Black residents was associated with DNA methylation age acceleration in non-Hispanic Black participants. This association was particularly pronounced in high-poverty neighborhoods. The findings suggest that epigenomic mechanisms may play a role in the link between segregated and poor neighborhoods and chronic conditions. [Extracted from the article]