The gut microbiota and their metabolites: Potential implications for the host epigenome

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 902, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-44

  Mischke, Mona ^a   Plösch, Torsten ^b  

^a DANONE NUTRICIA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(early life) nutrition; (early life) programming; Bacterial metabolites; Breast feeding; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Histone modification

Indexed keywords

HISTONE DEACETYLASE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; CHROMATIN; DNA; FOLIC ACID; HISTONE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON METABOLISM; CESAREAN SECTION; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; EPIGENETICS; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLITE; METABOLOME; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FOLIC ACID; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTONES; HUMANS; METABOLOME; OBESITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84979010682     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-31248-4_3     Document Type: Chapter

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