Folate and fetal programming: A play in epigenomics?

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 279-289

  Guéant, Jean Louis ^a,b   Namour, Fares ^a   Guéant Rodriguez, Rosa Maria ^a   Daval, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Epigenomics; Fetal programming; Folate; PGC1 ; SIRT1

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MYCOTOXIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; SIRTUIN 1;

ACETYLATION; BIRTH DEFECT; BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FATTY LIVER; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HEART DISEASE; HETEROCHROMATIN; LEARNING DISORDER; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIRTUIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84878237058     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: 18793061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2013.01.010     Document Type: Review

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