Epigenetic matters: The link between early nutrition, microbiome, and long-term health development

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Indrio, Flavia ^a   Martini, Silvia ^b   Francavilla, Ruggiero ^a   Corvaglia, Luigi ^b   Cristofori, Fernanda ^a   Mastrolia, Salvatore Andrea ^a   Neu, Josef ^c   Rautava, Samuli ^d   Spena, Giovanna Russo ^e   Raimondi, Francesco ^e   Loverro, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disease origin; Epigenetic regulation; Fetal programming; Human milk; Microbiome; Micronutrients; Overnutrition; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041957318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2017.00178     Document Type: Review

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