DNA methylation patterns in cord blood DNA and body size in childhood

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Relton, Caroline L ^a   Groom, Alexandra ^a   St Pourcain, Beate ^b   Sayers, Adrian E ^b   Swan, Daniel C ^c   Embleton, Nicholas D ^a,d   Pearce, Mark S ^a   Ring, Susan M ^b   Northstone, Kate ^b   Tobias, Jon H ^b   Trakalo, Joseph ^e   Ness, Andy R ^b   Shaheen, Seif O ^f   Smith, George Davey ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CASPASE 10; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1C; DNA; ENTACTIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A1; GELATINASE B; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 5;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; ONCOGENE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; FETUS BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURITY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; CHILD; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; ENGLAND; FETAL BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE BIRTH; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84859586172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031821     Document Type: Article

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