Novel DNA methylation profiles associated with key gene regulation and transcription pathways in blood and placenta of growth-restricted neonates

Epigenetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 50-61

  Hillman, Sara L ^a   Finer, Sarah ^b   Smart, Melissa C ^b   Mathews, Chris ^b   Lowe, Robert ^b   Rakyan, Vardhman K ^b   Hitman, Graham A ^b   Williams, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Fetal growth restriction; Fetal origins of adult disease; Marmal aid; Placenta; Transcription factor; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84924346117     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/15592294.2014.989741     Document Type: Article

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