Nutrition, Epigenetic Mechanisms, and Human Disease

Herausgeber: Maulik, Nilanjana; Maulik, Gautam

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Extensive research on nutrigenomics has unveiled numerous epigenetic mechanisms that are influenced by our dietary signature. This book illustrates how nutrition can influence epigenetic inheritance and the mechanisms that underlie modification of an individual's metabolic imprint. The text discusses the basics of nutrigenomics and epigenetic regulation, types of nutrition influencing genetic imprinting, and the role of nutrition in modulating an individual's predisposition to disease. It also covers epigenetic variation, genomic imprinting, maternal nutrition, and neonatal nutrition, as well as epigenetics and nutrition in cancer, heart disease, and obesity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 446
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9781439804797
• ISBN-10: 1439804796
• Artikelnr.: 25473881

Autorenporträt

Nilanjana Maulik is a Professor of Surgery at the Molecular Cardiology Angiogenesis Laboratory at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Gautam Maulik is an Instructor of Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
The Editors
Contributors
Chapter 1 Nutritional Epigenetics and Disease Prevention: Are We There Yet?1
Chapter 2 Aging by Epigenetics: Nutrition
An Epigenetic Key to Long Life.
Chapter 3 Folate and DNA Methylation
Chapter 4 Dietary Components
Epigenetics
and Cancer
Chapter 5 Dietary Factors
Histone Modifications
and Cancer Prevention
Chapter 6 Nutrition
Epigenetics
and Vascular Function
Chapter 7 Role of Epigenetic Machinery and MicRNAs in Diet-Induced Hepatocarcinogenesis
Chapter 8 Epigenetic Mechanisms in Lung Inflammation and Chronic Airway Diseases and Intervention by Dietary Polyphenols
Chapter 9 Glycemic Memory and Epigenetic Changes
Chapter 10 Maternal Nutrition
Intrauterine Development
and Disease Risks in the Offspring through Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression
Chapter 11 Nutritional Epigenetics: Impact on Metabolic Syndrome
Chapter 12 Nutrition and the Emerging Epigenetic Paradigm: Lessons from Neurobehavioral Disorders
Chapter 13 Interactions between Folate
Other B Vitamins
DNA Methylation
and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Chapter 14 Dietary Factors and the Emerging Role of Epigenetics in Neurodegenerative Diseases