DNA methylation, ageing and the influence of early life nutrition

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 413-421

  Lillycrop, Karen A ^a   Hoile, Samuel P ^b   Grenfell, Leonie ^b   Burdge, Graham C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Developmental origins of adult disease; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FOLIC ACID; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; REPETITIVE DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HISTONE; RNA;

AGING; CELL ADHESION; CELL POPULATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CPG ISLAND; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA METABOLISM; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; EARLY LIFE NUTRITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC CAPACITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; POLLUTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; STRESS; SYMPOSIUM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSPOSON; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIET; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME IMPRINTING; WELLBEING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

AGING; DIET; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; HISTONES; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RNA;

EID: 84904506813     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665114000081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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