Changes in the Methylation Status of DAT, SERT, and MeCP2 Gene Promoters in the Blood Cell in Families Exposed to Alcohol During the Periconceptional Period

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 239-250

  Lee, Bom Yi ^a,b   Park, So Yeon ^a   Ryu, Hyun Mee ^a,c   Shin, Chan Young ^d   Ko, Ki Nam ^d   Han, Jung Yeol ^c   Koren, Gideon ^e,f   Cho, Youl Hee ^b  

^a Cheil General Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Dopamine Transporter; Gene Promoter Methylation; Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2; Serotonin Transporter

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; GENOMIC DNA; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; MECP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC6A3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BABY; BINGE DRINKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DRINKING; EPIGENETICS; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FERTILIZATION; FETUS BLOOD; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BINGE DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FATHERS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84922702822     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12635     Document Type: Article

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