Hypomethylation of the LEP gene in placenta and elevated maternal leptin concentration in early onset pre-eclampsia

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 367, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 64-73

  Hogg, Kirsten ^a   Blair, John D ^a   von Dadelszen, Peter ^b   Robinson, Wendy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

C EBP; DNA methylation; EOPET; HRE; Leptin; LOPET; NIUGR; Placenta; Pre eclampsia; SD; SP1; TSS

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEP GENE; MALE; METHYLATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYROSEQUENCING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84873525672     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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