Epigenetics and human health
Subtitle: linking hereditary, environmental, and nutritional aspects
By: edited by Alexander G. Haslberger, co-edited by Sabine Gressler
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Weinheim
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9783527324279
Subjects: Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Nutrigenomics; Genetic disorders; Health; Metagenomics; Medical genetics; Environmental health; Genetic Epigenesis; Epigenesis; Environmental Health
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The research program in epigenetics: the birth of a new paradigm / Paolo Vineis; title: Interactions between nutrition and health / Ibrahim Elmadfa; title: Epigenetics: comments from an ecologist / Fritz Schiemer; title: Interaction of hereditary and epigenetic mechanisms in the regulation of gene expression / Thaler Roman ... [et al.]; title: Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T and A1298C polymorphisms and cancer risk: a risk review of the published meta-analyses / Stefania Boccia; title: The role of biobanks for the understanding of gene-environment interactions / Christian Viertler, Michaela Mayrhofer, and Kurt Zatloukal; title: Case studies on epigenetic inheritance / Gunnar Kaati; title: Gentoxic, non-genotoxic and epigenetic mechanisms in chemical hepatocarcinigenesis: implications for safety evaluation / Wilfried Bursch; title: Carcinogens in foods: occurrence, modes of action and modulation of human risks by genetic factors and dietary constituents / M. Mis̆í́k ... [et al.]; title: From molecular nutrition to nutritional systems biology / Guy Vergères; title: Effects of dietary natural compounds on DNA methylation related to cancer chemoprevention and anticancer epigenetic therapy / Barbara Maria Stefanska and Krystyna Fabianowska-Majewska; title: Health determinants throughout the life cycle / Petra Rust; title: Viral infections and epigenetic control mechanisms / Klaus R. Huber; title: Epigenetics aspects in gyneacology and reproductive medicine / Alexander Just and Johannes Huber; title: Epigenetics and tumorigenesis / Heidrun Karlic and Franz Varga; title: Epigenetic approaches in oncology / Sabine Zöchbauer-Müller and Robert M. Mader; title: Epigenetic dysregulation in aging and cancer / Despina Komninou and John P. Richie; title: The impact of genetic and environmental factors in neurodegeneration: emerging role of epigenetics / Lucia Migliore and Fabio Coppedè; title: Epigenetic biomarkers in neurodegenerative disorders / Borut Peterlin; title: Epigenetic mechanisms in asthma / Rachel L. Miller and Julie Herbstman; title: Public health genomics-integrating genomics and epigenetics into national and European health strategies and polices / Tobias Schulte in den Bäumen and Angela Brand; title: Taking a first step: epigenetic health and responsibility / Astrid H. Gesche.