Ancestry Dependent DNA Methylation and Influence of Maternal Nutrition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Mozhui, Khyobeni ^a   Smith, Alicia K ^b   Tylavsky, Frances A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; APC GENE; ARTICLE; BAZ2A GENE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNMT1 GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MCC GENE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TLE1 GENE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CPG ISLAND; FETUS BLOOD; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924310221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118466     Document Type: Article

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