title: Nutrigenomics: concepts and applications to pharmacogenomics and clinical medicine.
abstract: The maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases are influenced by naturally occurring chemicals in foods. In addition to supplying the substrates for producing energy, a large number of dietary chemicals are bioactive--that is, they alter the regulation of biological processes and, either directly or indirectly, the expression of genetic information. Nutrients and bioactives may produce different physiological phenotypes among individuals because of genetic variability and not only alter health, but also disease initiation, progression and severity. The study and application of gene-nutrient interactions is called nutritional genomics or nutrigenomics. Nutrigenomic concepts, research strategies and clinical implementation are similar to and overlap those of pharmacogenomics, and both are fundamental to the treatment of disease and maintenance of optimal health.
authors: Department of Surgery, University of Illinois Chicago, 909 South Wolcott Street MC 958, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. jkaput@uic.edu
authors: Jim
authors: J
authors: Kaput
authors: Alla
authors: A
authors: Perlina
authors: Betul
authors: B
authors: Hatipoglu
authors: Amelia
authors: A
authors: Bartholomew
authors: Yuri
authors: Y
authors: Nikolsky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D015894:Genome, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000235:genetics*; D010597:Pharmacogenetics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends