The potential role of epigenetic responses to diet in ageing

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 374-384

  Ford, Dianne ^a   Ions, Laura J ^a   Alatawi, Fatema ^a   Wakeling, Luisa A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Dietary restriction; DNA methylation; Sirtuin 1

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; AZACITIDINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE P1; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; RAS ASSOCIATION DOMAIN FAMILY PROTEIN 1A; RESVERATROL; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 1; SIRTUIN 1; TRICHOSTATIN A;

AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET RESTRICTION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN;

AGING; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DIET; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SIRTUIN 1; STILBENES;

EID: 80054958546     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665111000851     Document Type: Conference Paper

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