Published Research/News


UNC press releases:

  • Carol Cheatam—NRI UNC Nutrition Research Institute in Kannapolis: "Feeding Brains" (video)
  • Newest NRI Professor Brings Attention to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders UNC Chapel Nutrition Research Institute, June 20, 2011
  • Murdock Everlasting Morehead-Cain Scholar, UNC Chapel Hill, Spring 2011
  • NRI Welcomes Dr. Ryn
  • Niculescu, M.D. & Lupu, D.S. (2011) Nutritional influence on epigenetics and effects on longevity. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care, Jan;14(1):35-40
  • Zeisel, S.H. (2011) What choline metabolism can tell us about the underlying mechanisms of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Molecular Neurobiology. doi 10.1007/s12035-011-8165-5
  • Adams, K.M., Kohlmeier, M., Powell, M., Zeisel, S.H. (2010) Nutrition in Medicine: Nutrition education for medical students and residents. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 25(5):471-80.
  • Bryan, R.P., Asmar, M.M., Alderman, J.M., Alderman, E.A., Garland, A.L., Busby, W.H., Bodnar, W.M., Rusyn, I., Medoff, B., Tisch, R., Swenberg, J.A., Zeisel, S.H., Combs, T.P. (2010) Adiponectin lowers glucose production by increasing SOGA. American Journal of Pathology. 177(40): 1936-1945. PMCID: PMC2947288.
  • Craciunescu, C.N., Johnson, A.R., Zeisel, S.H. (2010) Dietary choline reverses some, but all effects of folate deficiency on neurogenesis and apoptosis in the fetal mouse brain. The Journal of Nutrition. doi: jn.110.122044.
  • Craciunescu, Corneliu N., Mehedint, Mihai G., and Zeisel, Steven H. (2010) Maternal dietary choline deficiency alters angiogenesis in fetal mouse hippocampus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PNAS 2010: 0914328107v1-12839
  • Craig, S.S., Craig, Stuart, AS, Ganio, M.S., Maresh, C.M., Greg, H., da Costa, K-A, Zeisel, S.H., (2010) The betaine content of sweat from adolescent females. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 7:3.
  • Fischer, L.M., da Costa, K-A, Kwock, L., Galanko, J., Zeisel, S.H. (2010) Dietary choline requirements of women: effects of estrogen and genetic variation. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 92(5):1113-19. PMCID: PMC2954445.
  • Fischer, L.M., daCosta, K-A, Galanko, J., Sha, W., Stephenson, B., Vick, J., Zeisel, S.H. (2010) Choline intake and genetic polymorphisms influence choline metabolite concentrations in human breast milk and plasma. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 92(2): 336-346. PMCID: PMC2904035.
  • Johnson, A.R., Craciunescu, C.N., Guo, Z., Teng, Y-W., Thresher, R.J., Blusztajn, J.K., Zeisel, S.H. (2010) Deletion of murine choline dehydrogenase results in diminished sperm motility. FASEB. doi: fj.09-153718.
  • Lee, J.E., Giovannucci, E., Fuchs, C.S., Willett, W.C., Zeisel, S.H., Cho, E., (2010) Choline intake and the risk of colorectal cancer in men. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. 19(3): 884 - 887.
  • Mehedint, M.G., Craciunescu, C.N., Zeisel, S.H. (2010) Maternal dietary choline deficiency alters angiogenesis in fetal mouse hippocampus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 107(29): 12834-39. PMCID: PMC2919920.
  • Niculescu, M.D. (2010) Nutrients and Epigenetics (Choi & Friso eds). American Journal of Human Biology, 22(6), 856-857.
  • Resseguie, M., da Costa, K-A, Galanko, J., Davis, I.J., Zeisel, S.H., (2010) Aberrant estrogen regulation of PEMT results in choline deficiency-associated liver dysfunction. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(2): 1649-58. PMCID: PMC3020773.
  • Sha, W., da Costa, K-A., Fischer, L.M., Milburn, M.V., Lawton, K.A., Berger, A., Jia, W., Zeisel, S.H. (2010) Metabolomic profiling can predict which humans will develop liver dysfunction when deprived of dietary choline. FASEB. Online fj.09-154054.
  • Spencer, M.D., Hamp, T.J., Reid, R.W., Fischer, L.M., Zeisel, S.H., Fodor, A.A. (2010) Association between composition of the human gastrointestinal microbiome and development of fatty liver with choline deficiency. Gastroenterology. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2010.11.049.
  • Teng, Y-W, Zeisel, S.H. (2010) Choline in health and disease. Vitamins for the Prevention of Human Disease, Edited by W. Herrmann, R. Obeid, Walter De Gruyter GMBH & Co, Berlin, Germany. 599-612.
  • Zeisel, S.H. (2010) Choline: An essential nutrient for public health. SCAN'S PULSE 29(3): 4 – 7
  • Zeisel, S.H. (2010) Nutritional Genomics Defining the dietary requirement and effects of choline. The Journal of Nutrition. 531-534.
  • Zeisel, S.H. (2010) A Grand Challenge for Nutrigenomics. Frontiers in Nutrigenomics. 1(2): 1-3.
  • Zeisel, S.H., Caudill, M.A. (2010) Choline. Advances in Nutrition. 1: 46-48.
  • Zhang, S., Barros, S. P., Niculescu, M. D., Moretti, A. J., Preisser, J. S. & Offenbacher, S. (2010) Alteration of PTGS2 promoter methylation in chronic periodontitis. J Dent Res 89, 133-7.
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