Postnatal epigenetic modification of glucocorticoid receptor gene in preterm infants: A prospective cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Kantake, Masato ^a   Yoshitake, Hiroshi ^b   Ishikawa, Hitoshi ^c   Araki, Yoshihiko ^b   Shimizu, Toshiaki ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY URAYASU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Yamagata Saisei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EPIGENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN PERIOD; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; PROMOTER REGION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; NEWBORN;

COHORT STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 84904261871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005318     Document Type: Article

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