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Epigenetics: a tool to understand diet-related cardiovascular risk?
Journal of nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics - 1 Jan 2011
Zaina Silvio, Lund Gertrud
Abstract excerpt
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of mortality and is projected to hold its grim record as developing countries increase their wealth. Since specific nutritional habits are important risk factors for CVD, it is imperative to understand how ingredients of risk-associated diets convert a healthy cellular transcriptional program into a pathological one. Epigenetics has enriched our view of the genome...
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