Perinatal manipulation of α-linolenic acid intake induces epigenetic changes in maternal and offspring livers

FASEB Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 350-358

  Niculescu, Mihai D ^a,b   Lupu, Daniel S ^a,b   Craciunescu, Corneliu N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Fads2; Flaxseed oil; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Postnatal development

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 1; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 2; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; FATTY ACID ELONGASE 2; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EXON; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTATION; LIVER; MOTHER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYROSEQUENCING;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

MUS;

EID: 84871898012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-210724     Document Type: Article

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