Placental DNA hypomethylation in association with particulate air pollution in early life

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Janssen, Bram G ^a   Godderis, Lode ^b,c   Pieters, Nicky ^a   Poels, Katrien ^b   Kiciński, Michał ^a   Cuypers, Ann ^a   Fierens, Frans ^d   Penders, Joris ^a,e   Plusquin, Michelle ^a   Gyselaers, Wilfried ^a,e   Nawrot, Tim S ^a,b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c EXTERNAL SERVICE FOR PREVENTION AND PROTECTION AT WORK   (Belgium)

^d Belgian Interregional Environment Agency   (Belgium)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Fetal development; Particulate matter; Placental tissue

Indexed keywords

5' METHYL DEOXYCYTIDINE; CYTIDINE DERIVATIVE; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5-METHYLDEOXYCYTIDINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEWBORN; NIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; METABOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878628242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8977-10-22     Document Type: Article

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