Childhood bone mineral content is associated with methylation status of the RXRA promoter at birth

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 600-607

  Harvey, Nicholas C ^a,b   Sheppard, Allan ^c,d   Godfrey, Keith M ^a,b   McLean, Cameron ^c,d   Garratt, Emma ^b   Ntani, Georgia ^a   Davies, Lucy ^a   Murray, Robert ^a   Inskip, Hazel M ^a   Gluckman, Peter D ^c,e   Hanson, Mark A ^b   Lillycrop, Karen A ^b   Cooper, Cyrus ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^e AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DXA; epigenetic; methylation; RXRA; umbilical cord; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

DXA; EPIGENETIC; METHYLATION; RXRA; UMBILICAL CORD; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84894494075     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.2056     Document Type: Article

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