Epigenetic effects of dietary zinc on the porcine ZIP4 gene expression

• Published in: Perspectives in science Vol. 3; no. 1-4; pp. 18 - 20
• Main Authors: Karweina, Diana, Martin, Lena, Pieper, Robert, Zentek, Jürgen, Brockmann, Gudrun A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 01.02.2015

Dietary zinc supplementation has been shown to improve piglets’ health. We examined, if the gut epithelial ZIP4 transporter is affected by the zinc concentration in the diet through epigenetic modifications of the ZIP4 gene. In an experiment with 30 piglets that were fed diets with 57 (LZn ), 164 (N...