The effects of depression and use of antidepressive medicines during pregnancy on the methylation status of the <it>IGF2 </it>imprinted control regions in the offspring

The effects of depression and use of antidepressive medicines during pregnancy on the methylation status of the <it>IGF2 </it>imprinted control regions in the offspring

<p>Abstract</p> <p><it>In utero </it>exposures to environmental factors may result in persistent epigenetic modifications affecting normal development and susceptibility to chronic diseases in later life. We explored the relationship between exposure of the growing fetu...

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Main Authors: Soubry A, Murphy SK, Huang Z, Murtha A, Schildkraut JM, Jirtle RL, Wang F, Kurtzberg J, Demark-Wahnefried W, Forman MR, Hoyo C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-10-01
Series:Clinical Epigenetics
Subjects:
antidepressants
depression
pregnancy
<it>IGF2</it>
offspring
race
Online Access:http://www.clinicalepigeneticsjournal.com/content/3/1/2

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