Maternal age at delivery is associated with an epigenetic signature in both newborns and adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Markunas, Christina A ^a,d   Wilcox, Allen J ^a   Xu, Zongli ^a   Joubert, Bonnie R ^a   Harlid, Sophia ^a   Panduri, Vijayalakshmi ^a   Håberg, Siri E ^b   Nystad, Wenche ^b   London, Stephanie J ^a   Sandler, Dale P ^a   Lie, Rolv T ^b,c   Wade, Paul A ^a   Taylor, Jack A ^a  

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

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; NORWAY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978165567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156361     Document Type: Article

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