As one of the most abundant and well-studied epigenetic modifications, DNA methylation
plays an essential role in normal development and cellular biology. Global alterations to the …

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 …

DNA methylation provides a pivotal layer of epigenetic regulation in eukaryotes that has
significant involvement for numerous biological processes in health and disease. The …

Metabolic profiling of cancer cells has recently been established as a promising tool for the
development of therapies and identification of cancer biomarkers. Here we characterized the …

Folate is a water-soluble B-vitamin and enzymatic cofactor that is necessary for the synthesis
of purine and thymidine nucleotides and for the synthesis of methionine from homocysteine …

The literature describing vitamin D content of fat tissue is extremely limited. We conducted a
pilot study that measured the concentrations of vitamin D 3 in the fat tissue and serum of …

Determining the effect of DNA methylation on chromatin structure and function in higher
organisms is challenging due to the extreme complexity of epigenetic regulation. We studied …

Oxidative stress and abnormal DNA methylation have been implicated in the
pathophysiology of autism. We investigated the dynamics of an integrated metabolic …

Lifestyle factors, such as diet, smoking, physical activity, and body weight management, are
known to constitute the majority of cancer causes. Epigenetics has been widely proposed as …

The changing pattern of granulosa cell expression of inhibin/activin subunits and follistatin
during follicle development and their differential regulation by extrinsic and intraovarian …