Association between perinatal methylation of the neuronal differentiation regulator HES1 and later childhood neurocognitive function and behaviour

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1263-1276

  Lillycrop, Karen A ^a,e   Costello, Paula M ^a   Teh, Ai Ling ^b   Murray, Robert J ^a   Clarke Harris, Rebecca ^a   Barton, Sheila J ^c   Garratt, Emma S ^a   Ngo, Sherry ^d   Sheppard, Allan M ^d   Wong, Johnny ^b   Dogra, Shaillay ^b   Burdge, Graham C ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^c,e,f   Inskip, Hazel M ^c   Gale, Catharine R ^c,g   Gluckman, Peter D ^b,d   Harvey, Nicholas C ^c   Chong, Yap Seng ^b,h   Yap, Fabian ^i,j,k   Meaney, Michael J ^b,l   Rifkin Graboi, Anne ^b   Holbrook, Joanna D ^b   Godfrey, Keith M ^c,e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

ⁱ KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^j NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^k NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^l MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Epigenetic; HES1; Methylation; Neurocognitive development; Perinatal

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HES1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GENETICS; GENOME; METHYLATION; NEUROLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; DIENCEPHALON; DNA METHYLATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGAPOREAN; ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES-1;

EID: 84943803101     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv052     Document Type: Article

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