Sexual dimorphism in epigenomic responses of stem cells to extreme fetal growth

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Delahaye, Fabien ^a   Wijetunga, N Ari ^a   Heo, Hye J ^a   Tozour, Jessica N ^a   Zhao, Yong Mei ^a   Greally, John M ^a   Einstein, Francine H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD34 ANTIGEN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GLUCOSE;

AGING; BIOMARKER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENOMICS; HEALTH RISK; HOMEOSTASIS; METHYLATION; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STEM CELL;

ADULT; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84923358892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6187     Document Type: Article

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