How might epigenetic dysregulation in early embryonic life contribute to autism spectrum disorder?

Epigenomics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-4

  Berko, Esther R ^a,b   Greally, John M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; DNA methylation; embryo; epigenetic

Indexed keywords

DNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; HISTONE;

AUTISM; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; HUMANS;

EID: 84923254848     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi.14.86     Document Type: Review

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