Intergenerational epigenetic inheritance in models of developmental programming of adult disease

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-95

  Fernandez Twinn, Denise S ^a   Constância, Miguel ^a   Ozanne, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Developmental programming; Global nutrient restriction; Histone modifications; Intergenerational epigenetic inheritance; Intrauterine growth restriction; Maternal obesity; Maternal protein restriction; Methylation; MicroRNAs; piRNAs

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HISTONE; MICRORNA; TOXIN; CHROMATIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT DISEASE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMMING; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; HEART; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIVER; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PANCREAS ISLET; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PRENATAL GROWTH; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPERM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HISTONES; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84944174677     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.06.006     Document Type: Review

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