Polyphenols and the Modulation of Gene Expression Pathways: Can We Eat Our Way Out of the Danger of Chronic Disease?

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 985-1001

  Joven, Jorge ^a   Micol, Vicente ^b   Segura Carretero, Antonio ^c   Alonso Villaverde, Carlos ^d   Menéndez, Javier A ^e   Aragones G ^f   Barrajon Catalan E ^f   Beltran Debon R ^f   Camps, J ^f   Cufi S ^f   Fernandez Arroyo S ^f   Fernandez Gutierrez A ^f   Guillen E ^f   Herranz Lopez M ^f   Iswaldi, I ^f   Lozano Sanchez J ^f   Martin Castillo, B ^f   Oliveras Ferraros, C ^f   Perez Sanchez A ^f   Rodriguez Gallego E ^f   Rull, A ^f   Saura, D ^f   Vazquez Martin A ^f   more..

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL SON LLÀTZER   (Spain)

^e CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA methylation; epigenetics; food; histone modification; miRNA; nutrients; nutrition; plants

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENE EXPRESSION; NUTRIENTS; NUTRITION; RNA;

CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MIRNA; PLANTS;

RATIONAL FUNCTIONS;

FLAVONOID; HISTONE; POLYPHENOL;

AGING; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT; REVIEW;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLAVONOIDS; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANTS; POLYPHENOLS;

EID: 84893527967     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2011.621772     Document Type: Article

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