Epigenetic deregulation of genomic imprinting in humans: Causal mechanisms and clinical implications

Epigenomics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 715-728

  Girardot, Michael ^a,b   Feil, Robert ^a,b   Llères, David ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome; DNA methylation; epigenetics; genomic imprinting; pseudohypoparathyroidism; Silver Russell syndrome; trans acting factors; transient neonatal diabetes mellitus; ZFP57

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN KAP1; NUCLEAR PROTEIN ZFP42; NUCLEAR PROTEIN ZFP57; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN NLRP2; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN NLRP7; RETINOBLASTOMA BINDING PROTEIN 1; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARID4B GENE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; C6ORF221 GENE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DEREGULATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA METHYLATION; DPPA3 GENE; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOHYPOPARATHYROIDISM; REVIEW; TRANSIENT NEONATAL DIABETES MELLITUS; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

ANIMALS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUTATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84889654038     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi.13.66     Document Type: Review

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