IVF results in de novo DNA methylation and histone methylation at an Igf2-H19 imprinting epigenetic switch

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 631-640

  Li, Tao ^a,b   Vu, Thanh H ^a,b   Ulaner, Gary A ^a,b   Littman, Eva ^b   Ling, Jian Qun ^a,b   Chen, Hui Ling ^a,b   Hu, Ji Fan ^a,b   Behr, Barry ^b   Giudice, Linda ^b   Hoffman, Andrew R ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Embryonic stem cells; H19; Igf2; Imprinting; IVF

Indexed keywords

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1; DNA; HISTONE; LYSINE; RNA H19; SOMATOMEDIN B;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLASTOCYST; CHROMATIN; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; GENOME IMPRINTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MORULA; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HISTONES; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MORULA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27944506453     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah230     Document Type: Article

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