Maternal plasma folate impacts differential DNA methylation in an epigenome-wide meta-analysis of newborns

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Joubert, Bonnie R ^a   Den Dekker, Herman T ^b   Felix, Janine F ^b   Bohlin, Jon ^c   Ligthart, Symen ^b   Beckett, Emma ^d,e   Tiemeier, Henning ^b   Van Meurs, Joyce B ^b   Uitterlinden, Andre G ^b   Hofman, Albert ^b   Håberg, Siri E ^c   Reese, Sarah E ^a   Peters, Marjolein J ^f   Kulle Andreassen, Bettina ^b   Steegers, Eric A P ^b   Nilsen, Roy M ^g   Vollset, Stein E ^c,h   Midttun, Øivind ⁱ   Ueland, Per M ^g,h   Franco, Oscar H ^b   Dehghan, Abbas ^b   De Jongste, Johan C ^b   Wu, Michael C ^j   Wang, Tianyuan ^a   Peddada, Shyamal D ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^b   Nystad, Wenche ^c   Duijts, Liesbeth ^a,b   London, Stephanie J ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

ⁱ Laboratoriebygget   (Norway)

^j USA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; APC2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; KALLIKREIN; KALLIKREIN 4; LHX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; OPCML PROTEIN, HUMAN; PERIPHERIN; PRPH PROTEIN, HUMAN; PRSS21 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SLC16A12 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DNA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; META-ANALYSIS; METHYLATION; NEONATE; NEUROLOGY; PLASMA; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MICROARRAY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATERNAL PLASMA; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS;

EUROPE;

ADULT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KALLIKREINS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; PERIPHERINS; PREGNANCY; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84958073944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10577     Document Type: Article

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