Prenatal synthetic glucocorticoid treatment changes DNA methylation states in male organ systems: Multigenerational effects

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3269-3283

  Crudo, Ariann ^a   Petropoulos, Sophie ^a   Moisiadis, Vasilis G ^b   Iqbal, Majid ^b   Kostaki, Alisa ^b   Machnes, Ziv ^a   Szyf, Moshe ^a   Matthews, Stephen G ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAJECT; BETAMETHASONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862743106     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-2160     Document Type: Article

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