Epigenetics : An Intermediary of Environmental Regulation of Metabolism

It is becoming increasing recognized that reduction of complex individual differences to the effects of either nature (genes) or nurture (environment) is obsolete. Epigenetics has recently rewritten this binary view and helped us to better understand how intertwined are interactions between genes and environment. In this review we will describe some epigenetic mechanisms, which have been recently indicated as particularly important in regulation of metabolism and a metabolic syndrome, a collection of nutrition-dependent disorders including obesity, hyperglycemia, hyper lipidemia, hyper insulinemia, hypertension and insulin resistance [1].