Placental 11-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase methylation is associated with newborn growth and a measure of neurobehavioral outcome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Marsit, Carmen J ^a   Maccani, Matthew A ^b,c   Padbury, James F ^d,e   Lester, Barry M ^d,e  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROCORTISONE; 11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; HSD11B2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; PYROSEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING; BEHAVIOR; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 2; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84858164821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033794     Document Type: Article

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