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Metabolic Memory

Past, Present and Future Implications

  • 1st Edition - July 22, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Jeena Gupta
  • Language: English

Metabolic Memory: Past, Present and Future Implications delves into the emerging concept of metabolic memory, exploring how our body's metabolic processes retain a 'memory' of pas… Read more

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Description

Metabolic Memory: Past, Present and Future Implications delves into the emerging concept of metabolic memory, exploring how our body's metabolic processes retain a 'memory' of past experiences and how this impacts our current and future health. Drawing on the latest scientific research this book aims to bridge the gap between complex scientific concepts and their practical implications for everyday health and wellness. Metabolic memory has profound implications for understanding chronic diseases, particularly diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and obesity. Despite its significance, there is a lack of comprehensive resource that make this information accessible to both professionals and the general public. This book fills that gap, providing a detailed yet understandable exploration of how past metabolic states influence present and future health outcomes.

Key features

  • Explores how metabolic memory contributes to chronic diseases like diabetes and obesity, offering insights into their persistence despite treatment
  • Presents research and case studies from various populations, highlighting how metabolic memory impacts different ethnicities, genders, and age groups
  • Examines how metabolic memory affects chronic diseases in marginalized communities, emphasizing the need for equitable health strategies

Readership

Researchers and healthcare providers who need to understand the long-term implications of metabolic states on patient health

Table of contents

1 Introduction to metabolic memory

2 Biochemical pathways and regulation of metabolic memory

3 DNA methylation mechanisms and their contribution to metabolic pathophysiology

4 The central role of histone modifications in metabolic dysfunction

5 MicroRNAs in metabolic syndrome and diabetes

6 Epigenetics and metabolic memory

7 Cardiovascular health and metabolic memory

8 Obesity and metabolic memory

9 Intergenerational transmission of metabolic memory

10 Personalized medicine and metabolic memory

11 Metabolic memory: Future outlook

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 31, 2026
  • Language: English

About the author

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Jeena Gupta

Dr. Jeena Gupta is a faculty member at Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India, with over 20 years of research experience in epigenetics and diabetes. Her research encompasses metabolic memory, chronic diseases, phyto-nanomedicine for diabetes, wound healing, breast cancer, and epigenetic regulatory mechanisms, including histone post-translational modifications in regulating gene expression in diabetes and its associated complications. Dr. Gupta is an active member of several professional societies and serves on the editorial reviewer board for the Frontiers Journal of Endocrinology. She continues to contribute to her field through research, teaching, and academic service.

Affiliations and expertise
Lovely Professional University, India