Genetic and non-genetic influences during pregnancy on infant global and site specific DNA methylation: Role for folate gene variants and vitamin B 12

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  McKay, Jill A ^a   Groom, Alexandra ^a   Potter, Catherine ^a   Coneyworth, Lisa J ^a   Ford, Dianne ^a   Mathers, John C ^a   Relton, Caroline L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; IGF2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IGFBP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; METHIONINE SYNTHASE REDUCTASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MTHFR PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC30A5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; C BETA S GENE; CARBON METABOLISM; DNA METHYLATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLH1 GENE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; IGF2 GENE; IGFBP3 GENE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; METABOLISM; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE GENE; MTRR GENE; PREGNANCY; PYROSEQUENCING; RFC1 GENE; SHMT GENE; SMOKING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZNT5 GENE; BLOOD; CPG ISLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FERREDOXIN-NADP REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN B 12; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859150673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033290     Document Type: Article

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