Transgenerational epigenetic programming via sperm microRNA recapitulates effects of paternal stress

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 44, 2015, Pages 13699-13704

  Rodgers, Ali B ^a   Morgan, Christopher P ^a   Leu, N Adrian ^a   Bale, Tracy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; MicroRNA; Paternal; Stress; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; SIRTUIN 1; SPERM MICRORNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SIRE; SPERM; STRESS; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRORNAS; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; SPERMATOZOA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84946594595     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1508347112     Document Type: Article

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