Glucose as a fetal nutrient: Dynamic regulation of several glucose transporter genes by DNA methylation in the human placenta across gestation

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 282-288

  Novakovic, Boris ^a,b   Gordon, Lavinia ^a   Robinson, Wendy P ^c   Desoye, Gernot ^d   Saffery, Richard ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Glucose transport; GLUT3; Human placenta

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 10; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS, FACILITATIVE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 3; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84870419438     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: 18734847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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