Nutrients and Epigenetics

ISBN-13: 9780367385644 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 258 str.

Sang-Woon Choi; Simonetta Friso

Opis

Examining the relationship between nutrition and epigenetics, this book takes a close look at recent findings and the potential impact of this research on our understanding of aging, embryonic growth, and the development of cancer. Using numerous color illustrations and photographs, it describes how nutrients modulate physiologic and pathologic processes. A starting point for further research, it covers a range of cutting-edge topics that include current findings on DNA methylation, histone modification, and chromatin remodeling. It also details methods to measure epigenetic phenomena.

Spis treści

Introduction. Methylation on the nucleosome. Mammalian DNA methyltransferases. Chromatin remodeling and histone modifications. Nutrients and DNA methylation. Nutrients, histone modifications, and chromatin remodeling in chronic inflammation. Nutrients, epigenetics, and embryonic development. Nutrition, epigenetics, and aging. Nutrition, epigenetics, and cancer. Conclusions and future perspectives.

O autorze

Sang-Woon Choi, MD, PhD, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Simonetta Friso, MD, PhD, University of Verona, Italy