Combined influence of gene-specific cord blood methylation and maternal smoking habit on birth weight

Epigenomics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-49

  Haworth, Kim E ^a   Farrell, William E ^a   Emes, Richard D ^b   Ismail, Khaled M K ^c,d   Carroll, William D ^e   Borthwick, Hazel Ann D ^a   Yates, Alexandra M ^a   Hubball, Emma ^f   Rooney, Angela ^f   Khanam, Mazeda ^a   Aggarwal, Neyha ^a   Jones, Peter W ^g   Fryer, Anthony A ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e DERBYSHIRE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^g KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

birth weight percentile; cord blood; DNA methylation; folic acid; smoking during pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; METABOLITE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MAP KINASE KINASE 3; PREGNANCY; SMOKING;

EID: 84874051091     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi.12.72     Document Type: Article

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