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Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure affects global and gene-specific DNA methylation.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Sept 2009
Breton Carrie V, Byun Hyang-Min, Wenten Made, Pan Fei, Yang Allen, Gilliland Frank D
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke increases the risk for diseases later in the child's life that may be mediated through alterations in DNA methylation. OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate that differences in DNA methylation patterns occur in children exposed to tobacco smoke and that variation in detoxification genes may alter these associations. METHODS: Methylation of DNA repetitive elements, LINE1 and...
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