Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling identifies a folate-sensitive region of differential methylation upstream of ZFP57-imprinting regulator in humans

FASEB Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4068-4076

  Amarasekera, Manori ^a   Martino, David ^b,c,d   Ashley, Sarah ^b,e   Harb, Hani ^f   Kesper, Dörthe ^f   Strickland, Deborah ^g   Saffery, Richard ^b,c   Prescott, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Centre for Food and Allergy Research ^*  (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antigen presenting cells; Developmental programming; Epigenetics; Neonate; T cells

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; MESSENGER RNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZFP-57 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACETYLATION; ADULT; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MALE; METHYLATION; NEWBORN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ZFP57 GENE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FETUS BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN GENOME; INFANT; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84907215005     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-249029     Document Type: Article

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