Methylation potential associated with diet, genotype, protein, and metabolite levels in the Delta Obesity Vitamin Study

Genes and Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1-19

  Monteiro, Jacqueline Pontes ^a   Wise, Carolyn ^b   Morine, Melissa J ^c   Teitel, Candee ^b   Pence, Lisa ^d   Williams, Anna ^b   McCabe Sellers, Beverly ^e   Champagne, Catherine ^f   Turner, Jerome ^g   Shelby, Beatrice ^g   Ning, Baitang ^b   Oguntimein, Joan ^h,j   Taylor, Lauren ^h,k   Toennessen, Terri ^b   Priami, Corrado ^c   Beger, Richard D ^d   Bogle, Margaret ^e   Kaput, Jim ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g Adults Community Development Center The Phillips County Community Partners   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^j DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Methylation potential; Micronutrients; SAM SAH; Systems nutrition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXAL; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MALE; METABOLITE; METHYLATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84957842463     PISSN: 15558932     EISSN: 18653499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12263-014-0403-9     Document Type: Article

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