Loss of imprinting and aberrant methylation of IGF2 in placentas from pregnancies complicated with fetal growth restriction

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 481-487

  Koukoura, Ourania ^a   Sifakis, Stavros ^a   Soufla, Giannoula ^b   Zaravinos, Apostolos ^b   Apostolidou, Sophia ^c   Jones, Allison ^c   Widschwendter, Martin ^c   Spandidos, Demetrios A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal growth restriction; IGF2; Imprinting; Methylation; Placenta

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN B;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FETUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79960756964     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2011.754     Document Type: Article

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