Association of leukocyte DNA methylation changes with dietary folate and alcohol intake in the EPIC study

Abstract Background There is increasing evidence that folate, an important component of one-carbon metabolism, modulates the epigenome. Alcohol, which can disrupt folate absorption, is also known to affect the epigenome. We investigated the association of dietary folate and alcohol intake on leukocy...

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Main Authors: F. Perrier, V. Viallon, S. Ambatipudi, A. Ghantous, C. Cuenin, H. Hernandez-Vargas, V. Chajès, L. Baglietto, M. Matejcic, H. Moreno-Macias, T. Kühn, H. Boeing, A. Karakatsani, A. Kotanidou, A. Trichopoulou, S. Sieri, S. Panico, F. Fasanelli, M. Dolle, C. Onland-Moret, I. Sluijs, E. Weiderpass, J. R. Quirós, A. Agudo, J. M. Huerta, E. Ardanaz, M. Dorronsoro, T. Y. N. Tong, K. Tsilidis, E. Riboli, M. J. Gunter, Z. Herceg, P. Ferrari, I. Romieu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Clinical Epigenetics
Subjects:
DMR
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13148-019-0637-x