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Scientists identified 473 human genes that act as genetic “on/off switches,” shaping disease risk through tissue-specific or universal patterns regulated by DNA changes and hormones.

Study: Switch-like gene expression modulates disease risk. Image Credit: gopixa / Shutterstock.

In a recent article published in Nature Communications, researchers analyzed methylomes, transcriptomes, and genomes from 943 individuals to characterize and identify genes that exhibit distinct on-off switches and explore their epigenetic and genetic regulation.