Inter- and intra-individual variation in allele-specific DNA methylation and gene expression in children conceived using assisted reproductive technology

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Turan, Nahid ^a   Katari, Sunita ^a   Gerson, Leigh F ^a   Chalian, Raffi ^b   Foster, Michael W ^b   Gaughan, John P ^a   Coutifaris, Christos ^b   Sapienza, Carmen ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; H19 LONG NON CODING RNA; H19 LONG NON-CODING RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STEM CELL; TROPHOBLAST; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; X CHROMOSOME; ADULT; ALLELE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ALLELES; CELL COUNT; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; STEM CELLS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 77957575151     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001033     Document Type: Article

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