Nutritional influences on epigenetics and age-related disease

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-83

  Park, Lara K ^a,b   Friso, Simonetta ^c   Choi, Sang Woon ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Histone modifications; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CARBON; CHOLINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA; FOLIC ACID; HISTONE; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; VITAMIN;

CARBON METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENOTYPE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFECTION; NEOPLASM; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NEOPLASMS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

EID: 84863011800     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665111003302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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