Journal
EPIGENETICS
Volume 15, Issue 6-7, Pages 555-593Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2020.1712814
Keywords
Vaccination; infectious diseases; immune regulation
Funding
- Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
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Extensive research has highlighted the role of infection-induced epigenetic events in the development of cancer. More recently, attention has focused on the ability of non-carcinogenic infections, as well as vaccines, to modify the human epigenome and modulate the immune response. This review explores this rapidly evolving area of investigation and outlines the many and varied ways in which vaccination and natural infection can influence the human epigenome from modulation of the innate and adaptive immune response, to biological ageing and modification of disease risk. The implications of these epigenetic changes on immune regulation and their potential application to the diagnosis and treatment of chronic infection and vaccine development are also discussed.
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