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SUBMITTER: Losol P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6582528 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Losol Purevsuren P Rezwan Faisal I FI Patil Veeresh K VK Venter Carina C Ewart Susan S Zhang Hongmei H Arshad S Hasan SH Karmaus Wilfried W Holloway John W JW
Genes & nutrition 20190618
<h4>Background</h4>Evidence suggests that prenatal exposure to <i>n-3</i> long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) reduces the incidence of allergic disease in children. LCPUFAs are produced from dietary precursors catalyzed by desaturases and elongases encoded by the <i>FADS1/2</i> and <i>ELOVL5</i> genes. DNA methylation regulates gene activity and fatty acid supplementation could alter DNA methylation (DNA-M) at these genes. We investigated whether DNA-M and expression of the <i>FADS1/ ...[more]