Prenatal mercury concentration is associated with changes in DNA methylation at TCEANC2 in newborns

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1249-1262

  Bakulski, Kelly M ^a   Lee, Hwa Jin ^b   Feinberg, Jason I ^a,b   Wells, Ellen M ^c   Brown, Shannon ^a   Herbstman, Julie B ^a,d   Witter, Frank R ^b   Halden, Rolf U ^b,e   Caldwell, Kathleen ^f   Mortensen, Mary Ellen ^f   Jaffe, Andrew E ^b,g   Moye, John ^h   Caulfield, Laura E ^a   Pan, Yi ^f   Goldman, Lynn R ^a,i   Feinberg, Andrew P ^a,b   Daniele Fallin, M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^e Arizona State University   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^g LIEBER INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^h EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cord blood; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Mercury exposure; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 2; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; MERCURY; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; METHYLMERCURY; PROTEIN; PRPF18 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXD2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DNA; GENETICS; GENOME; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; NEUROLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMOSOME 1; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRANULOCYTE; HEAVY METAL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES; ADULT; BLOOD; FETUS BLOOD; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE; MARYLAND; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MERCURY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943738460     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv032     Document Type: Article

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