Air pollution-induced placental epigenetic alterations in early life: a candidate miRNA approach

Epigenetics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 135-146

  Tsamou, Maria ^a   Vrijens, Karen ^a   Madhloum, Narjes ^a   Lefebvre, Wouter ^b   Vanpoucke, Charlotte ^c   Nawrot, Tim S ^a,d  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c Belgian Interregional Environment Agency   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

air pollution; expression analysis; miRNAs; particulate matter; placenta

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA 20A; MICRORNA 21; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; MICRORNA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MRNA EXPRESSION ASSAY; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTAL EXPRESSION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VALIDATION PROCESS; AIR POLLUTANT; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; PHARMACOLOGY; PLACENTA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICRORNAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE;

EID: 85042938493     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2016.1155012     Document Type: Article

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