Epigenetics and Cancer, Part B [Hardcover]

Genes interact with the environment, experience, and biology of the brain to shape an animal's behavior. This latest volume in Advances in Genetics, organized according to the most widely used model organisms, describes the latest genetic discoveries in relation to neural circuit development and activity.

• Explores the latest topics in neural circuits and behavior research in zebrafish, drosophila, C.elegans, and mouse models
• Includes methods for testing with ethical, legal, and social implications
• Critically analyzes future prospects

SECTION I. Epigenetic changes induced by environmental and dietary/lifestyle factors

1. Induction of epigenetic alterations by dietary and other environmental factors

John C. Mathers and Caroline Relton

2. Induction of epigenetic alterations by chronic inflammation

Toshikazu Ushijima

3. Exposure in utero and early-life exposure and epigenetic alterations

Kent L. Thornburg

4. Folate, one carbone metabolism & DNA methylation in cancer

Robyn Ward

SECTION II. Epigenetic biomarkers

5. Epigenetic biomarkers for cancer pathophysiology

Dajun Deng

6. Detection of epigenetic changes in body fluids

Triantafillos Liloglou

7. Epigenetic biomarkers for cancer risk assessment

Toshikazu Ushijima

SECTION III. Application of epigenetics in molecular epidemiology and epigenetic cancer prevention

8. Epigenetics in molecular epidemiology

Yasuhito Yuasa

9. Epigenetic cancer prevention