Exposure to aflatoxin B1 in Utero is associated with DNA methylation in white blood cells of infants in The Gambia

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1238-1248

  Hernandez Vargas, Hector ^a   Castelino, Jovita ^b   Silver, Matt J ^c,d   Dominguez Salas, Paula ^c,d   Cros, Marie Pierre ^a   Durand, Geoffroy ^a   Le Calvez Kelm, Florence ^a   Prentice, Andrew M ^c,d   Wild, Christopher P ^a   Moore, Sophie E ^c,d,e   Hennig, Branwen J ^c,d   Herceg, Zdenko ^a   Gong, Yun Yun ^f   Routledge, Michael N ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^e MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; DNA methylation; In utero exposure

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; CCL28 CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE; DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 12; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 4520B; SOMATOMEDIN C; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN-ALBUMIN ADDUCT; ALBUMINOID;

BLOOD; CARCINOGEN; DNA; GENOME; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL EFFECT; METHYLATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA METHYLATION; EFFECT SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETICS; GROWTH DISORDERS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

GAMBIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXINS; ALBUMINS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936778746     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv027     Document Type: Article

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