Genetic and epigenetic transgenerational implications related to omega-3 fatty acids. Part II: Maternal FADS2 rs174575 genotype and DNA methylation predict toddler cognitive performance

Nutrition Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 948-955

  Cheatham, Carol L ^a,b   Lupu, Daniel S ^a,c   Niculescu, Mihai D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Declarative memory; Deferred imitation; DNA methylation; FADS; Fatty acids; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; BISULFITE; CYTOSINE; GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PROTEIN FADS2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FADS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEMORY ASSESSMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PYROSEQUENCING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TODDLER; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; INFANT;

COGNITION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS;

EID: 84952638942     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2015.09.005     Document Type: Article

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