Abstract The Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND) project is designed to provide
evidence-based advice to anyone with an interest in the role of nutrition in health …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS), highly reactive molecules, are produced by living
organisms as a result ofnormal cellular metabolism and environmental factors, and can …

Chronic diseases, including obesity, are major causes of morbidity and mortality in most
countries. The adverse impacts of obesity and associated comorbidities on health remain a …

The close, bidirectional relationship between depression and cardiovascular disease is well
established. Major depression is associated with an increased risk of coronary artery …

Diabetic retinopathy, one of the most devastating complications of diabetes, is a
multifactorial progressing disease with a very complex etiology. Although many metabolic …

Folate functions as a coenzyme to transfer one‐carbon units that are necessary for
deoxythymidylate synthesis, purine synthesis, and various methylation reactions. Ingested …

Unlike the genome, the epigenome can be modified and hence some epigenetic risk
markers have the potential to be reversed. Such modifications take place by means of drugs …

Through epigenetic modifications, specific long-term phenotypic consequences can arise
from environmental influence on slowly evolving genomic DNA. Heritable epigenetic …

This review presents the different human DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs), their biological
roles, their mechanisms of action and their role in cancer. The description of assays for …

Atherosclerosis and cancer are chronic diseases considered two of the main causes of
death all over the world. Taking into account that both diseases are multifactorial, they share …