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Maternal gestational diabetes is associated with genome-wide DNA methylation variation in placenta and cord blood of exposed offspring.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jun 2015
Finer Sarah, Mathews Chris, Lowe Rob, Smart Melissa, Hillman Sara, Foo Lin, Sinha Ajay, Williams David, Rakyan Vardhman K, Hitman Graham A
Abstract excerpt
Exposure of a developing foetus to maternal gestational diabetes (GDM) has been shown to programme future risk of diabetes and obesity. Epigenetic variation in foetal tissue may have a mechanistic role in metabolic disease programming through interaction of the pregnancy environment with gene function. We aimed to identify genome-wide DNA methylation variation in cord blood and placenta from offspring born to...
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