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ReviewThe Journal of nutritional biochemistry2018

Epigenetic reprogramming in metabolic disorders: nutritional factors and beyond.

Zhiyong Cheng, Louise Zheng, Fabio A Almeida

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Review in The Journal of nutritional biochemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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55 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Zhiyong ChengDepartment of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Fralin Translational Obesity Research Center, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. Electronic address: zcheng@vt.edu.
Louise ZhengDepartment of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Fralin Translational Obesity Research Center, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Fabio A AlmeidaDepartment of Health Promotion, Social & Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. Electronic address: fabio.almeida@unmc.edu.

Funding

The Reach and Effectiveness of Technology-Enhanced Diabetes Prevention ProgramsR18DK091811 · NIDDK · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI ALMEIDA, FABIO ARAUJO · 2012 to 2016
$3.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS R18 DK091811
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Environmental factors (e.g., malnutrition and physical inactivity) contribute largely to metabolic disorders including obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiometabolic disease and nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases. The abnormalities in metabolic activity and pathways have been increasingly associated with altered DNA methylation, histone modification and noncoding RNAs, whereas lifestyle interventions targeting diet and physical activity can reverse the epigenetic and metabolic changes. Here we review recent evidence primarily from human studies that links DNA methylation reprogramming to metabolic derangements or improvements, with a focus on cross-tissue (e.g., the liver, skeletal muscle, pancreas, adipose tissue and blood samples) epigenetic markers, mechanistic mediators of the epigenetic reprogramming, and the potential of using epigenetic traits to predict disease risk and intervention response. The challenges in epigenetic studies addressing the mechanisms of metabolic diseases and future directions are also discussed and prospected.

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DNA MethylationEpigenomicsGenetic MarkersAdiponectinAdipose TissueDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1DNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA Methyltransferase 3AExerciseHumansMetabolic DiseasesObesityPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alphaRisk FactorsAdiponectinADIPOQ protein, humanDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1DNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA Methyltransferase 3ADNMT1 protein, humanDNMT3A protein, humanGenetic MarkersPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alphaPPARGC1A protein, humanDNA methylationEpigenetic markerInterventionMetabolic disordersReprogramming

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PMID29154162
PMCPMC5866737

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