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ArticleCurrent developments in nutrition2020

Nutritional Epigenomics and Age-Related Disease.

Sophia D Amenyah, Mary Ward, J J Strain, Helene McNulty, Catherine F Hughes, Caitlin Dollin, Colum P Walsh, Diane J Lees-Murdock

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Article in Current developments in nutrition, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sophia D AmenyahGenomic Medicine Research Group , School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. BT52 1SA.
Mary WardNutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. BT52 1SA.ORCID 0000-0001-6470-1728
J J StrainNutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. BT52 1SA.
Helene McNultyNutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. BT52 1SA.ORCID 0000-0002-4366-6457
Catherine F HughesNutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. BT52 1SA.
Caitlin DollinGenomic Medicine Research Group , School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. BT52 1SA.
Colum P WalshGenomic Medicine Research Group , School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. BT52 1SA.ORCID 0000-0001-9921-7506
Diane J Lees-MurdockGenomic Medicine Research Group , School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. BT52 1SA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1309-1605
University of Ulster · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in epigenetic research have enabled the development of epigenetic clocks, which have greatly enhanced our ability to investigate molecular processes that contribute to aging and age-related disease. These biomarkers offer the potential to measure the effect of environmental exposures linked to dynamic changes in DNA methylation, including nutrients, as factors in age-related disease. They also offer a compelling insight into how imbalances in the supply of nutrients, particularly B-vitamins, or polymorphisms in regulatory enzymes involved in 1-carbon metabolism, the key pathway that supplies methyl groups for epigenetic reactions, may influence epigenetic age and interindividual disease susceptibility. Evidence from recent studies is critically reviewed, focusing on the significant contribution of the epigenetic clock to nutritional epigenomics and its impact on health outcomes and age-related disease. Further longitudinal studies and randomized nutritional interventions are required to advance the field.

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agingB-vitaminsdietDNA methylationepigenetic ageepigenetic age accelerationepigenetic clockone-carbon metabolism

Identifiers

PMID32666030
PMCPMC7335360
OpenAlexW3033791164

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