Epigenetics and preeclampsia: Defining functional epimutations in the preeclamptic placenta related to the TGF-β pathway

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Martin, Elizabeth ^a   Ray, Paul D ^a,b   Smeester, Lisa ^a   Grace, Matthew R ^b   Boggess, Kim ^b   Fry, Rebecca C ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PREECLAMPSIA; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TROPHOBLAST; BIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84949937612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141294     Document Type: Article

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