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| Other authors / contributors: | Patel, Vinood B., editor.
Preedy, Victor R., editor.
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| ISBN: | 9783319555300
3319555308
9783319590523
3319590529
9783319311432
3319311433
9783319555294
3319555294
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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| Notes: | Includes index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 16, 2019).
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| Summary: | This multivolume reference work addresses the fact that the well being of humankind is predicated not only on individuals receiving adequate nutrition but also on their genetic makeup. The work includes more than 100 chapters organized in the following major sections: Introduction and Overview; Epigenetics of Organs and Diseases in Relation to Diet and Nutrition; Detailed Processes in Epigenetics of Diet and Nutrition; Modulating Epigenetics with Diet and Nutrition; and Practical Techniques. While it is well known that genes may encode proteins responsible for structural and dynamic components, there is an increasing body of evidence to suggest that nutrition itself may alter the way in which genes are expressed via the process of epigenetics. This is where chemically imposed alteration in the DNA sequence occurs or where the functional expression of DNA is modulated. This may include changes in DNA methylation, non-coding RNA, chromatin, histone acetylation or methylation, and genomic imprinting. Knowledge regarding the number of dietary components that impact on epigenetic processes is increasing almost daily. Marshalling all the information on the complex relationships between diet, nutrition, and epigenetic processes is somewhat difficult due to the wide myriad of material. It is for this reason that the present work has been compiled.
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| Other form: | Print version: Handbook of nutrition, diet, and epigenetics. Cham : Springer, 2019 9783319555294 3319555294
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| Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-319-55530-0
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