Social and physical environments early in development predict DNA methylation of inflammatory genes in young adulthood

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 29, 2017, Pages 7611-7616

  McDade, Thomas W ^a,b   Ryan, Calen ^a   Jones, Meaghan J ^c   MacIsaac, Julia L ^c   Morin, Alexander M ^c   Meyer, Jess M ^a   Borja, Judith B ^d   Miller, Gregory E ^a   Kobor, Michael S ^b,c   Kuzawa, Christopher W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Developmental origins of disease; Developmental origins of health; Ecological immunology; Epigenetics; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

DNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

BIOMARKERS; BREAST FEEDING; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHILIPPINES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85025109692     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620661114     Document Type: Article

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