Zdenko Herceg

BackgroundEpidemiological studies have shown a small but significantly increased risk of leukemia in children conceived by in vitro fertilization. Atypical DNA methylation patterns observed in pediatric cancers are suspected to occur in ute…

Puberty is a critical developmental period of life characterized by marked physiological changes, including changes in the immune system and gut microbiota development. Exposure to inflammation induced by immune stressors during puberty has…

Purpose: Breast cancer is among the leading causes of cancer-related death; discovery of novel prognostic markers is needed to improve outcomes. Combining systems biology and epidemiology, we investigated miRNA-associated genes and breast c…