Association of maternal prenatal smoking GFI1-locus and cardio-metabolic phenotypes in 18,212 adultsResearch in context

Association of maternal prenatal smoking GFI1-locus and cardio-metabolic phenotypes in 18,212 adultsResearch in context

Background: DNA methylation at the GFI1-locus has been repeatedly associated with exposure to smoking from the foetal period onwards. We explored whether DNA methylation may be a mechanism that links exposure to maternal prenatal smoking with offspring's adult cardio-metabolic health. Methods:...

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Main Authors: Priyanka Parmar, Estelle Lowry, Giovanni Cugliari, Matthew Suderman, Rory Wilson, Ville Karhunen, Toby Andrew, Petri Wiklund, Matthias Wielscher, Simonetta Guarrera, Alexander Teumer, Benjamin Lehne, Lili Milani, Niek de Klein, Pashupati P. Mishra, Phillip E. Melton, Pooja R. Mandaviya, Silva Kasela, Jana Nano, Weihua Zhang, Yan Zhang, Andre G. Uitterlinden, Annette Peters, Ben Schöttker, Christian Gieger, Denise Anderson, Dorret I. Boomsma, Hans J. Grabe, Salvatore Panico, Jan H. Veldink, Joyce B.J. van Meurs, Leonard van den Berg, Lawrence J. Beilin, Lude Franke, Marie Loh, Marleen M.J. van Greevenbroek, Matthias Nauck, Mika Kähönen, Mikko A. Hurme, Olli T. Raitakari, Oscar H. Franco, P.Eline Slagboom, Pim van der Harst, Sonja Kunze, Stephan B. Felix, Tao Zhang, Wei Chen, Trevor A. Mori, Amelie Bonnefond, Bastiaan T. Heijmans, Taulant Muka, Jaspal S. Kooner, Krista Fischer, Melanie Waldenberger, Philippe Froguel, Rae-Chi Huang, Terho Lehtimäki, Wolfgang Rathmann, Caroline L. Relton, Giuseppe Matullo, Hermann Brenner, Niek Verweij, Shengxu Li, John C. Chambers, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Sylvain Sebert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396418304870

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