Factors underlying variable DNA methylation in a human community cohort

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages 17253-17260

  Lam, Lucia L ^a   Emberly, Eldon ^b   Fraser, Hunter B ^c   Neumann, Sarah M ^a   Chen, Edith ^d   Miller, Gregory E ^d   Kobor, Michael S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early life environment; Immune response; Population cohort

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEX; SOCIAL ASPECT; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GENETICS; POVERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872260642     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1121249109     Document Type: Article

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