Currently available evidence from epidemiologic, animal, and intervention studies does not
unequivocally support the role of folate, a water‐soluble B vitamin and important cofactor in …

Cancer, as one of the non-communicable diseases, remains one of the leading causes of
death around the world. Recently, epigenetic changes in DNA methylation patterns at CpG …

Fortification of food with folic acid to reduce the number of neural tube defects was
introduced 10 y ago in North America. Many countries are considering whether to adopt this …

Most human diseases are related in some way to the loss or gain in gene functions.
Regulation of gene expression is a complex process. In addition to genetic mechanisms …

Experimental studies demonstrated that maternal exposure to certain environmental and
dietary factors during early embryonic development can influence the phenotype of offspring …

Epigenetics is one of the most scientifically important, and legally and ethically significant,
cutting-edge subjects of scientific discovery. Epigenetics link environmental and genetic …

It is widely recognized that maternal phenotype can have important effects on offspring, but
paternal phenotype is generally assumed to have no influence in animals lacking paternal …

The progressively older population in developed countries is reflected in an increase in the
number of people suffering from age-related chronic inflammatory diseases such as …

Numerous clinical, physiopathological and epidemiological studies have underlined the
detrimental or beneficial role of nutritional factors in complex inflammation related disorders …

The progressively older population in developed countries is reflected in an increase in the
number of people suffering from age-related chronic inflammatory diseases such as …