Biological memories of past environments: Epigenetic pathways to health disparities

Epigenetics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 798-803

  Thayer, Zaneta M ^a   Kuzawa, Christopher W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental plasticity; Nutrition; Psychosocial stress; Toxicants; Transgenerational effects

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; DNA; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN P53; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; SOMATOMEDIN B; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUNGER; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; NUTRITION; POLLUTANT; PROTEIN INTAKE;

EID: 79960136495     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.6.7.16222     Document Type: Article

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