Recent Advances in Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics

Written by research experts, this volume of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science focuses on current science surrounding the recent advances in nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics

C Bouchard (Volume editor), JM Ordovas (Volume editor)

9780123983978, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 26 July 2012

518 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.1 cm, 0.76 kg

Praise for the series: "Full of interest not only for the molecular biologist-for whom the numerous references will be invaluable-but will also appeal to a much wider circle of biologists, and in fact to all those who are concerned with the living cell." --British Medical Journal

This volume of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science covers the recent advances in the expanding fields of nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics. Forty authors from eight countries have contributed to the publication, representing the most cutting-edge research available.

1. Fundamentals of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics

Claude Bouchard and Jose M. Ordovas

2. Advances in Technologies and Study Design

Laurence D. Parnell

3. A Nutrigenomics View of Protein Intake: Macronutrient, Bioactive Peptides, and Protein Turnover

Chieh Jason Chou, Michael Affolter, and Martin Kussmann

4. Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

John P. Vanden Heuvel

5. Carbohydrate Intake

Armelle Leturque, Edith Brot-Laroche, and Maude Le Gall

6. Genetic and Epigenomic Footprints of Folate

J. Michael Salbaum and Claudia Kappen

7. The Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics of the Dietary Requirement for Choline

Karen D. Corbin and Steven H. Zeisel

8. Genetic Determinants of Dietary Antioxidant Status

Laura A. Da Costa, Bibiana García-Bailo, Alaa Badawi, and Ahmed El-Sohemy

9. Mineral Intake

Maria G Stathopoulou, Stavroula Kanoni, George Papanikolaou, Smaragdi Antonopoulou, Tzortzis Nomikos and George Dedoussis

10. Gene-Sodium Interaction and Blood Pressure: Findings from Genomics Research of Blood Pressure Salt-Sensitivity

Tanika N. Kelly and Jiang He

11. Alcohol Intake

Dolores Corella

12. Coffee Intake

Marilyn C. Cornelis

13. Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics of Caloric Restriction

Itziar Abete, Santiago Navas-Carretero, Amelia Marti and J. Alfredo Martinez

14. Individualized Weight Management: What can be Learned from Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics?

Iwona Rudkowska and Louis Pérusse

15. Taste Preferences

María Mercedes Galindo, Nanette Yvette Schneider, Frauke Stähler, Jonas Töle and Wolfgang Meyerhof

16. Nutrition and the Wpigenome

Paul Haggarty

17. Gene-Exercise Interactions

Tuomo Rankinen and Claude Bouchard

18. Adaptive Genetic Variation and Population Differences

Subject Areas: Food & beverage technology [TDCT], Molecular biology [PSD], Biochemistry [PSB], DNA & Genome [PSAK1], Medical research [MBGR]