Newborns of obese parents have altered DNA methylation patterns at imprinted genes

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 650-657

  Soubry, A ^a,b   Murphy, S K ^c   Wang, F ^a   Huang, Z ^c   Vidal, A C ^c   Fuemmeler, B F ^c   Kurtzberg, J ^d   Murtha, A ^d   Jirtle, R L ^e   Schildkraut, J M ^a,c   Hoyo, C ^c  

^a DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; epidemiology; epigenetics; imprinted genes; Newborn Epigenetics STudy; offspring

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EPSILON SARCOGLYCAN; NEURONATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESODERM SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NNAT PROTEIN, HUMAN; PEG10 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PEG3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PLAGL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN; SARCOGLYCAN; SGCE PROTEIN, HUMAN; SOMATOMEDIN B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATERNALLY EXPRESSED GENE 3; MESODERM SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT GENE; NEWBORN; PATERNALLY EXPRESSED GENE 10; PATERNALLY EXPRESSED GENE 3; PLEIOMORPHIC ADENOMA GENE LIKE 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYROSEQUENCING; QUESTIONNAIRE; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS BLOOD; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PARENT; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADULT; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OBESITY; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOGLYCANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84927073068     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2013.193     Document Type: Article

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