Cell specific patterns of methylation in the human placenta

Epigenetics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 368-379

  Grigoriu, Ariadna ^a   Ferreira, Jose Carlos ^c,d   Choufani, Sanaa ^c   Baczyk, Dora ^b   Kingdom, John ^a,b   Weksberg, Rosanna ^c,d,e  

^a Maternal and Fetal Medicine Division   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Institute of Medical Science   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell type specific methylation; Cytotrophoblast purification; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Placenta; Placental fibroblast purification

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CPG ISLAND; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PROMOTER REGION; PYROSEQUENCING;

EID: 79952367021     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.6.3.14196     Document Type: Article

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