Similar DNA methylation levels in specific imprinting control regions in children conceived with and without assisted reproductive technology: A cross-sectional study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Puumala, Susan E ^a,b   Nelson, Heather H ^c,d   Ross, Julie A ^d,e   Nguyen, Ruby H N ^c   Damario, Mark A ^e   Spector, Logan G ^d,e  

^a SANFORD RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Epigenetics; Imprinting

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; H19 LONG NON CODING RNA; H19 LONG NON-CODING RNA; IGF2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEEK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOLECULAR IMPRINTING; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PYROSEQUENCING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; LYMPHOCYTE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 2; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84858427863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-33     Document Type: Article

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