Offspring DNA methylation of the aryl-hydrocarbon receptor repressor gene is associated with maternal BMI, gestational age, and birth weight

Epigenetics

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 913-921

  Burris, Heather H ^a,b   Baccarelli, Andrea A ^b   Byun, Hyang Min ^b,c   Cantoral, Alejandra ^d   Just, Allan C ^b   Pantic, Ivan ^d   Solano Gonzalez, Maritsa ^d   Svensson, Katherine ^e   Ortiz, Marcela Tamayo ^d   Zhao, Yan ^b   Wright, Robert O ^e   Téllez Rojo, Martha M ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AHRR; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor; BMI; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Pregnancy; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; AHRR PROTEIN, HUMAN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN RECATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PROMOTER REGION; PYROSEQUENCING; REPRESSOR GENE; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; FETUS BLOOD; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; INFANT; METABOLISM; MEXICO; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICO; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84953861386     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2015.1078963     Document Type: Article

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