Maternal psychosocial stress during pregnancy alters the epigenetic signature of the glucocorticoid receptor gene promoter in their offspring: A meta-analysis

Epigenetics

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 893-902

  Palma Gudiel, H ^a   Cordova Palomera A ^a,b   Eixarch, E ^a,c   Deuschle, M ^d   Fañanás, Lourdes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Glucocorticoid receptor; HPA axis; Maternal stress; NR3C1 gene

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NR3C1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; NR3C1 GENE; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84953874593     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2015.1088630     Document Type: Review

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