Background: Currently, there is a lack of clarity in the literature as to whether there is a
definitive difference between the effects of vitamins D 2 and D 3 in the raising of serum 25 …

Arsenic toxicity is a worldwide health concern as several millions of people are exposed to
this toxicant via drinking water, and exposure affects almost every organ system in the body …

In experimental animals, maternal diet during the periconceptional period influences the
establishment of DNA methylation at metastable epialleles in the offspring, with permanent …

The type 2 diabetes epidemic and one of its predisposing factors, obesity, are major
influences on global health and economic burden. It is accepted that genetics and the …

Methyl groups are important for numerous cellular functions such as DNA methylation,
phosphatidylcholine synthesis, and protein synthesis. The methyl group can directly be …

Choline dietary intake varies such that many people do not achieve adequate intakes. Diet
intake of choline can modulate methylation because, via betaine homocysteine …

DNA methylation is a vital modification process in the control of genetic information, which
contributes to the epigenetics by regulating gene expression without changing the DNA …

The societal burden of non-communicable disease is closely linked with environmental
exposures and lifestyle behaviours, including the adherence to a poor maternal diet from the …

Background Interindividual epigenetic variation that occurs systemically must be established
prior to gastrulation in the very early embryo and, because it is systemic, can be assessed in …

Abstract Population, human, animal, tissue, and molecular studies show collectively and
consistently that maternal nutrition in the pre-or periconception period influences fetal …