Maternal prenatal depressive symptoms predict infant NR3C1 1F and BDNF IV DNA methylation

Epigenetics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 408-417

  Braithwaite, E C ^a   Kundakovic, M ^d   Ramchandani, P G ^c   Murphy, S E ^a   Champagne, F A ^b  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Depression; DNA methylation; Early life adversity; Fetal programming; NR3C1

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR IV PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 3C 1F PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NR3C1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR IV GENE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 3C 1F GENE; ORAL BIOPSY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PYROSEQUENCING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CAUCASIAN; CYTOLOGY; DEPRESSION; METABOLISM; MOTHER; MOUTH MUCOSA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; MOUTH MUCOSA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 84941349141     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2015.1039221     Document Type: Article

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