Age-Related Changes in the Global DNA Methylation Profile of Leukocytes Are Linked to Nutrition but Are Not Associated with the MTHFR C677T Genotype or to Functional Capacities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Gomes, Marcus V M ^a   Toffoli, Leandro V ^a   Arruda, Douglas W ^a   Soldera, Larissa M ^a   Pelosi, Gislaine G ^b   Neves Souza, Rejane D ^a   Freitas, Eliane R ^a   Castro, Denilson T ^a   Marquez, Audrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NORTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; VITAMIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; VITAMIN INTAKE;

AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SMOKING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84871420316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052570     Document Type: Article

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