Mihai D Niculescu

Summary

Affiliation: University of North Carolina
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Perinatal manipulation of α-linolenic acid intake induces epigenetic changes in maternal and offspring livers
    Mihai D Niculescu
    University of North Carolina Nutrition Research Institute, Kannapolis, North Carolina 28081, USA
    FASEB J 27:350-8. 2013
  2. ncbi High fat diet-induced maternal obesity alters fetal hippocampal development
    Mihai D Niculescu
    Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
    Int J Dev Neurosci 27:627-33. 2009
  3. ncbi Nutritional influence on epigenetics and effects on longevity
    Mihai D Niculescu
    UNC Nutrition Research Institute, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
    Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 14:35-40. 2011
  4. ncbi Lymphocyte gene expression in subjects fed a low-choline diet differs between those who develop organ dysfunction and those who do not
    Mihai D Niculescu
    Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7461, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 86:230-9. 2007
  5. ncbi Choline deficiency alters global histone methylation and epigenetic marking at the Re1 site of the calbindin 1 gene
    Mihai G Mehedint
    UNC Nutrition Research Institute at Kannapolis, University of North Carolina, 500 Laureate Way, Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA
    FASEB J 24:184-95. 2010
  6. ncbi Maternal α-linolenic acid availability during gestation and lactation alters the postnatal hippocampal development in the mouse offspring
    Mihai D Niculescu
    UNC Nutrition Research Institute, Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA Mihai
    Int J Dev Neurosci 29:795-802. 2011
  7. ncbi Choline deficiency increases lymphocyte apoptosis and DNA damage in humans
    Kerry-Ann da Costa
    Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health and School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 84:88-94. 2006
  8. ncbi Dose response effects of dermally applied diethanolamine on neurogenesis in fetal mouse hippocampus and potential exposure of humans
    Corneliu N Craciunescu
    Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health and Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7461, USA
    Toxicol Sci 107:220-6. 2009
  9. ncbi Perinatal choline influences brain structure and function
    Steven H Zeisel
    Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27599 7416, USA
    Nutr Rev 64:197-203. 2006
  10. ncbi Gene expression profiling of choline-deprived neural precursor cells isolated from mouse brain
    Mihai D Niculescu
    Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health and School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2212 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7461, USA
    Brain Res Mol Brain Res 134:309-22. 2005

Collaborators

  • Steven Zeisel
  • Rebecca C Fry
  • Zuzana Drobna
  • Corneliu N Craciunescu
  • Kerry-Ann da Costa
  • Daniel S Lupu
  • Verne Tsang
  • Mihai G Mehedint
  • Mary Resseguie
  • Miroslav Styblo
  • Diana Tint
  • Jesse Saunders
  • Julia E Rager
  • Michael P Waalkes
  • David S Paul
  • Leslie Fischer
  • Zhong Guo
  • Amy R Johnson
  • Jiannan Song
  • Thomas A Randall
  • Kerry Ann da Costa
  • Leslie M Fischer

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi Perinatal manipulation of α-linolenic acid intake induces epigenetic changes in maternal and offspring livers
    Mihai D Niculescu
    University of North Carolina Nutrition Research Institute, Kannapolis, North Carolina 28081, USA
    FASEB J 27:350-8. 2013
    ....
  2. ncbi High fat diet-induced maternal obesity alters fetal hippocampal development
    Mihai D Niculescu
    Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
    Int J Dev Neurosci 27:627-33. 2009
    ....
  3. ncbi Nutritional influence on epigenetics and effects on longevity
    Mihai D Niculescu
    UNC Nutrition Research Institute, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
    Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 14:35-40. 2011
    ..This review synthesizes recently published information regarding nutrition and its impact upon epigenetically mediated mechanisms involved in longevity and aging...
  4. ncbi Lymphocyte gene expression in subjects fed a low-choline diet differs between those who develop organ dysfunction and those who do not
    Mihai D Niculescu
    Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7461, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 86:230-9. 2007
    ..The risk of developing such organ dysfunction is increased by the presence of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes involved in folate and choline metabolism...
  5. ncbi Choline deficiency alters global histone methylation and epigenetic marking at the Re1 site of the calbindin 1 gene
    Mihai G Mehedint
    UNC Nutrition Research Institute at Kannapolis, University of North Carolina, 500 Laureate Way, Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA
    FASEB J 24:184-95. 2010
    ..01) in CD. These changes resulted in increased expression of calbindin 1 in CD (260%; P<0.05). Thus, CD modulates histone methylation in NPCs, and this could underlie the observed changes in neurogenesis...
  6. ncbi Maternal α-linolenic acid availability during gestation and lactation alters the postnatal hippocampal development in the mouse offspring
    Mihai D Niculescu
    UNC Nutrition Research Institute, Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA Mihai
    Int J Dev Neurosci 29:795-802. 2011
    ..These results suggest that ALA is required in both fetal and postnatal stages of brain development...
  7. ncbi Choline deficiency increases lymphocyte apoptosis and DNA damage in humans
    Kerry-Ann da Costa
    Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health and School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 84:88-94. 2006
    ..Assessment of DNA damage and apoptosis in lymphocytes appears to be a clinically useful measure in humans (such as those receiving parenteral nutrition) in whom choline deficiency is suspected...
  8. ncbi Dose response effects of dermally applied diethanolamine on neurogenesis in fetal mouse hippocampus and potential exposure of humans
    Corneliu N Craciunescu
    Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health and Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7461, USA
    Toxicol Sci 107:220-6. 2009
    ..8 mg DEA per gram resulted in detectable plasma concentrations of DEA and dimethyldiethanolamine, but these were far below those concentrations associated with perturbed brain development in the mouse...
  9. ncbi Perinatal choline influences brain structure and function
    Steven H Zeisel
    Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27599 7416, USA
    Nutr Rev 64:197-203. 2006
    ....
  10. ncbi Gene expression profiling of choline-deprived neural precursor cells isolated from mouse brain
    Mihai D Niculescu
    Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health and School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2212 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7461, USA
    Brain Res Mol Brain Res 134:309-22. 2005
    ..These findings support our previous work suggesting that choline deficiency decreases the proliferation of neural precursors and possibly increases premature neuronal differentiation and apoptosis...
  11. ncbi The epigenetic effects of a high prenatal folate intake in male mouse fetuses exposed in utero to arsenic
    Verne Tsang
    Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 264:439-50. 2012
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  12. ncbi Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEMT) gene expression is induced by estrogen in human and mouse primary hepatocytes
    Mary Resseguie
    Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health and School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7461, USA
    FASEB J 21:2622-32. 2007
    ..This study is the first to explore the underlying mechanism of why dietary requirements for choline vary with estrogen status in humans...
  13. ncbi Diet, methyl donors and DNA methylation: interactions between dietary folate, methionine and choline
    Mihai D Niculescu
    Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7400, USA
    J Nutr 132:2333S-2335S. 2002
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  14. ncbi Perinatal epigenetic determinants of cognitive and metabolic disorders
    Daniel S Lupu
    UNC Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kannapolis, NC, U S A
    Aging Dis 3:444-53. 2012
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