众所周知，其上的基因与免疫和控制基因如何及何时启动、关闭有关。

Which is known to harbor genes involved in immunity and controlling how and when genes turn on and off.

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“这意味着酒精影响了小鼠的表观基因组——控制基因的开启或关闭，”Chong说。

"This means that the alcohol was affecting the epigenome of the mice - controlling whether their genes were switched on or off," says Chong.

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它还控制基因保护细胞不受高活性氧自由基这种被认为通过其在DNA上造成的累积损害导致人衰老的分子的侵害。

It also controls genes that protect cells from highly reactive oxygen radicals - molecules often thought to drive human ageing through the cumulative damage they wreak on DNA.

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It was a gene that was causing a cell to be malignant and to divide without control, for example.

例如,一个会使细胞恶化,并不受控制地无限分裂的基因

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