Erythrocyte folate concentrations, CpG methylation at genomically imprinted domains, and birth weight in a multiethnic newborn cohort

Epigenetics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1120-1130

  Hoyo, Cathrine ^a,b   Daltveit, Anne Kjersti ^c   Iversen, Edwin ^d   Benjamin Neelon, Sara E ^b   Fuemmeler, Bernard ^b   Schildkraut, Joellen ^b   Murtha, Amy P ^b   Overcash, Francine ^b   Vidal, Adriana C ^b   Wang, Frances ^b   Huang, Zhiqing ^b   Kurtzberg, Joanne ^e   Seewaldt, Victoria ^b   Forman, Michele ^f   Jirtle, Randy L ^g   Murphy, Susan K ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Epidemiology; Epigenetics; Folate; Imprinted genes; Methylation

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MATERNALLY EXPRESSED 3; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN H19; RETROTRANSPOSON DERIVED PROTEIN PEG10; SOMATOMEDIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN PLAGL1; FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; DNA METHYLATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL OBESITY; NEWBORN; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ERYTHROCYTES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905657773     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.29332     Document Type: Article

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