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Altered gene expression and methylation of the human chromosome 11 imprinted region in small for gestational age (SGA) placentae.
Developmental biology - 1 Aug 2008
Guo Lin, Choufani Sanaa, Ferreira Jose, Smith Adam, Chitayat David, Shuman Cheryl, Uxa Ruchita, Keating Sarah, Kingdom John, Weksberg Rosanna
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Imprinted genes are known to be crucial for placental development and fetal growth in mammals, but no primary epigenetic abnormality in placenta has been documented to compromise human fetal growth. Imprinted genes demonstrate parent-of-origin-specific allelic expression that is epigenetically regulated i.e. extrinsic to the primary DNA sequence. To undertake an epigenetic analysis of poor fetal growth in...
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