The Epigenetic Health Benefits of Blueberries
…a positive correlation between changes of urinary 8-OHdG and of DNA methylation at the MTHFR or the DNMT1.” The researchers used the MethylFlash Methylated DNA Quantification Kit from EpiGentek to…
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Could Epigenetics Rescue Cognitive Impairment Caused by Getting Old?
…Earlier research has shown that aberrant DNA methylation changes are linked to cognitive decline, such as impaired spatial memory. On the other hand, a DNA methyltransferase known as Dnmt3a2 has…
Muscles ‘Remember’ Previous Exercise in the Form of Epigenetic Tags on DNA
…suggests that genes can “remember” skeletal muscle growth or muscle hypertrophy. In this case, the epigenetic memory is stored above the DNA in the form of DNA methylation, a popular…
Vitamins A and C Could Erase Epigenetic Marks on DNA
…DNA demethylation. Vitamin A enhanced DNA demethylation and increased 5-hydroxymethylctostine (5-hmC) by activating TET2 and TET3 expression. These results provide insight into the way TET proteins erase epigenetic tags during…
Exploring the Possibility of Extending Lifespan Using Epigenetic Drift
…LKSOM, explained, “Our study shows that epigenetic drift, which is characterized by gains and losses in DNA methylation in the genome over time, occurs more rapidly in mice than in…
Short-Term Sleep Loss Alters DNA Methylation of Clock Genes
…identified increased DNA methylation as a result of one night of wakefulness and an alteration in gene expression. DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mechanism known to play a central…
Birth Season Could Epigenetically Determine Your Allergy Risk
…conducted by scientists at the University of Southampton, uncovered a connection between season of birth and epigenetic marks, specifically DNA methylation. The team of researchers assessed DNA samples of people…
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Epigenetics
…RNA-mediated pathways (Figure 1). Briefly, in DNA methylation, a methyl group is added at the 5-carbon of the cytosine to form 5-methylcytosine. DNA methylation generally results in gene silencing or…
Epigenetic Memory at Embryonic Enhancers Identified in DNA Maps from Adult Mouse Tissues
…function of DNA methylation requires methylation analysis of the entire genome (Jones, 2012). To explore epigenetic variation (of methylation patterns) in normal tissues, researchers at the University of California, San…
Epigenetic Age Linked to Allergic Conditions in Children
…periods: birth, early childhood, and mid-childhood. DNA methylation levels were then recorded and DNAmAge calculated using the Horvath method. Methylation signifies a chemical change to DNA that can either activate or repress gene…
