Epigenetic effects of Prenatal stress on 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase-2 in the Placenta and fetal brain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Peña, Catherine Jensen ^a   Monk, Catherine ^a   Champagne, Frances A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; MESSENGER RNA;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNMT1 GENE; DNMT3A GENE; EPIGENETICS; EXON; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HSD11B2 GENE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PRENATAL STRESS; PROMOTER REGION; RAT;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 2; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84862750379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039791     Document Type: Article

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