Epigenetics in Health and Disease

Preface Indra Mani and Vijai Singh 1. Insight into epigenetics and human diseases Ankita Saini, Adya Varshney, Ashok Saini and Indra Mani 2. State-of-the-art techniques to study epigenetics Ashok Saini, Yashaswi Rawat, Kritika Jain and Indra Mani 3. Mechanisms of DNA methylation and histone modifications Santoshi Acharjee, Shraddha Chauhan, Rajshree Pal and Raghuvir Singh Tomar 4. Epigenetics, genomics imprinting and non-coding RNAs Gautham Manoj, Anjali Krishna, Anandhu Presannan, Nidheesh M, Renuka Suravajhala and Prashanth Suravajhala 5. Epigenetics in cardiovascular health and disease Nicholas W.S. Chew, Shaun Loong and Roger Foo 6. Histone modifications in fat metabolism and obesity Dinh-Toi Chu, Yen-Vy Nguyen Thi and Nicholas W.S. Chew 7. Role of DNA methylation in diabetes and obesity Dinh-Toi Chu, Nhat-Le Bui, Hue Vu Thi and Yen Vy Nguyen Thi 8. Epigenetic regulation of aging Sarita Mishra, Mahima Raval, Akanksha Singh Kachhawaha, Budhi Sagar Tiwari and Anand Krishna Tiwari 9. Epigenetics in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Balapal S. Basavarajappa 10. Epigenetic regulation of pluripotency inducer genes NANOG and SOX2 in human prostate cancer Niharika, Ankan Roy, Jagdish Mishra, Subhajit Chakraborty, Suraj Pratap Singh and Samir Kumar Patra 11. Mechanistic aspects of reversible methylation modifications of arginine and lysine of nuclear histones and their roles in human colon cancer Ankan Roy, Niharika, Subhajit Chakraborty, Jagdish Mishra, Suraj Pratap Singh and Samir Kumar Patra