NRI director Dr. Steven Zeisel is co-author of a study showing that a mother’s diet before conception can permanently affect how her child’s genes function. The study has been published in Nature Communications.
Adams, K.M., Kohlmeier, M., Powell, M., Zeisel, S.H. (2010) Nutrition in Medicine: Nutrition education for medical students and residents. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 25(5):471-80.
Niculescu, M.D. & Lupu, D.S. (2011) Nutritional influence on epigenetics and effects on longevity. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care Jan;14(1):35-40
Bryan, R.P., Asmar, M.M., Alderman, J.M., Alderman, E.A., Garland, A.L., Busby, W.H., Bodnar, W.M., Rusyn, I., Medoff, B., Tisch, R., Swenberg, J.A., Zeisel, S.H., Combs, T.P. (2010) Adiponectin lowers glucose production by increasing SOGA. American Journal of Pathology. 177(40): 1936-1945. PMCID: PMC2947288.
Zhang, S., Barros, S. P., Niculescu, M. D., Moretti, A. J., Preisser, J. S., and Offenbacher, S. (2010) Alteration of PTGS2 promoter methylation in chronic periodontitis. J Dent Res 89, 133-137
Mehedint, M.G., Craciunescu, C.N., Zeisel, S.H. (2010) Maternal dietary choline deficiency alters angiogenesis in fetal mouse hippocampus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 107(29): 12834-39. PMCID: PMC2919920.
Niculescu, M. D., and Lupu, D. S. (2009) High fat diet-induced maternal obesity alters fetal hippocampal development. Int J Dev Neurosci 27, 627-633
Teng, Y-W, Zeisel, S.H. (2010) Choline in health and disease In Vitamins for the Prevention of Human Disease, Edited by W. Herrmann, R. Obeid, Walter De Gruyter GMBH & Co, Berlin, Germany. 599-612.