More than just a gut instinct–the potential interplay between a baby's nutrition, its gut microbiome, and the epigenome

The role of nutrition on epigenetic modifications and their implications on health

(2012) Josep C. Jiménez-Chillarón et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Bacteria as vitamin suppliers to their host: a gut microbiota perspective

(2012) Jean Guy LeBlanc et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Transfer of Intestinal Microbiota From Lean Donors Increases Insulin Sensitivity in Individuals With Metabolic Syndrome

(2012) Anne Vrieze et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Histone deacetylase modulators provided by Mother Nature

(2012) Carole Seidel et al.   Genes and Nutrition

Host-Microbe Interactions in the Neonatal Intestine: Role of Human Milk Oligosaccharides

(2012) Sharon M. Donovan et al.   Advances in Nutrition

An Alu Element–Associated Hypermethylation Variant of the POMC Gene Is Associated with Childhood Obesity

(2012) Peter Kuehnen et al.   PLoS Genetics

Epigenetic Control of the Host Gene by Commensal Bacteria in Large Intestinal Epithelial Cells

(2011) Kyoko Takahashi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Maternal Protein Restriction Elevates Cholesterol in Adult Rat Offspring Due to Repressive Changes in Histone Modifications at theCholesterol 7α-HydroxylasePromoter

(2011) Gurjeev Sohi et al.   MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Chronic High-Fat Diet Drives Postnatal Epigenetic Regulation of μ-Opioid Receptor in the Brain

(2011) Zivjena Vucetic et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Potential beneficial effects of butyrate in intestinal and extraintestinal diseases

(2011) Roberto Berni Canani   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Effect of Maternal and Post-Weaning Folate Supply on Gene-Specific DNA Methylation in the Small Intestine of Weaning and Adult Apc+/Min and Wild Type Mice

(2011) Jill A. McKay et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Folate is absorbed across the colon of adults: evidence from cecal infusion of 13C-labeled [6S]-5-formyltetrahydrofolic acid

(2009) Susanne Aufreiter et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

The liver X-receptor gene promoter is hypermethylated in a mouse model of prenatal protein restriction

(2009) Esther M. E. van Straten et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Mixed-Species Genomic Microarray Analysis of Fecal Samples Reveals Differential Transcriptional Responses of Bifidobacteria in Breast- and Formula-Fed Infants

(2009) E. S. Klaassens et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Butyrate Improves Insulin Sensitivity and Increases Energy Expenditure in Mice

(2009) Z. Gao et al.   DIABETES

Diversity, metabolism and microbial ecology of butyrate-producing bacteria from the human large intestine

(2009) Petra Louis et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Epigenomic profiling indicates a role for DNA methylation in early postnatal liver development

(2009) Robert A. Waterland et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Hypothalamic proopiomelanocortin promoter methylation becomes altered by early overfeeding: an epigenetic model of obesity and the metabolic syndrome

(2009) Andreas Plagemann et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Gut Microbiota and Its Possible Relationship With Obesity

(2009) John K. DiBaise et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

Feeding pregnant rats a protein-restricted diet persistently alters the methylation of specific cytosines in the hepatic PPARα promoter of the offspring

(2008) Karen A. Lillycrop et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Gene expression analysis of a human enterocyte cell line reveals downregulation of cholesterol biosynthesis in response to short-chain fatty acids

(2008) Adriana Alvaro et al.   IUBMB LIFE