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ArticleNutrients2018

Periconceptional Folic Acid Supplementation Benefit to Development of Early Sensory-Motor Function through Increase DNA Methylation in Rat Offspring.

Wen Li, Zhenshu Li, Shou Li, Xinyan Wang, John X Wilson, Guowei Huang

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Article in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wen LiDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China. liwen828@tmu.edu.cn.
Zhenshu LiDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China. lizhenshu@tmu.edu.cn.
Shou LiDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China. lishou@tmu.edu.cn.
Xinyan WangDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China. wangxinyan@tmu.edu.cn.
John X WilsonDepartment of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214-8028, USA. jxwilson@buffalo.edu.
Guowei HuangDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China. huangguowei@tmu.edu.cn.
Tianjin Medical University · CNUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Periconceptional maternal folate levels may alter DNA methylation patterns and health outcomes in offspring. We hypothesized that maternal folic acid supplementation alters fetal neural development through DNA methylation in the fetal brain. Twenty-eight rats were randomly assigned to four groups: three groups of the female rats were fed folate-normal, folate-deficient or folate-supplemented diets from seven days before mating to delivery. In another group, folic acid supplementation diet short-period group was fed a folate-normal diet, except for 10 days (begin mating) when this group was fed a folate-supplemented diet. After delivery, the diets were changed to folate-normal diet for all four groups. The cliff avoidance and forelimb grip tests were used to assess sensory motor function of rat offspring. The results indicate that maternal folic acid supplementation improved the early development of sensory-motor function in offspring. Maternal folic acid supplementation increased the methylation potential, global DNA methylation (5-mC) and DNA methyltransferase expression and activity in the brains of the offspring. In conclusion, maternal folic acid supplementation increases DNA methylation pattern in offspring brain and improves the early development of sensory-motor function.

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Dietary SupplementsAnimalsBehavior, AnimalDNA MethylationFemaleFolic AcidLitter SizeMalePregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsPrenatal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaRandom AllocationRatsResistance TrainingFolic AcidDNA methylationmaternal folic acidneurobehavioral developmentoffspring

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PMID29494536
PMCPMC5872710
OpenAlexW2794184626

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