Cesarean delivery and hematopoietic stem cell epigenetics in the newborn infant: Implications for future health?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 502.e1-502.e8

  Almgren, Malin ^a,b   Schlinzig, Titus ^a   Gomez Cabrero, David ^a,b   Gunnar, Agneta ^a,b   Sundin, Mikael ^a   Johansson, Stefan ^a   Norman, Mikael ^a   Ekström, Tomas J ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Center for Molecular Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cesarean section; delivery; epigenetics; methylation

Indexed keywords

KETONE; CD34 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CESAREAN SECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GLYCOLYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PYROSEQUENCING; RISK FACTOR; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VAGINAL DELIVERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DELIVERY; FETUS BLOOD; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908352037     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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