DNA Methylation Changes in the IGF1R Gene in Birth Weight Discordant Adult Monozygotic Twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 635-646

  Tsai, Pei Chien ^a   Van Dongen, Jenny ^b   Tan, Qihua ^c,d   Willemsen, Gonneke ^b   Christiansen, Lene ^c   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b   Spector, Tim D ^a   Valdes, Ana M ^a,e   Bell, Jordana T ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

birth weight; discordant monozygotic twin pairs; epigenome wide association scans

Indexed keywords

DNA; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; IGF1R PROTEIN, HUMAN; SOMATOMEDIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IGF1R GENE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, SOMATOMEDIN; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952875966     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: 18392628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2015.76     Document Type: Article

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