Differential genome-wide DNA methylation patterns in childhood obesity

Abstract Objective Exposure to stress during pregnancy may program susceptibility to the development of obesity in offspring. Our goal was to determine whether prenatal maternal stress (PNMS) due to a natural disaster was associated with child obesity, and to compare the DNA methylation profiles in...

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Main Authors: Lei Cao-Lei, Guillaume Elgbeili, Moshe Szyf, David P. Laplante, Suzanne King
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4189-0