Self-reported prenatal tobacco smoke exposure, AXL gene-body methylation, and childhood asthma phenotypes

Self-reported prenatal tobacco smoke exposure, AXL gene-body methylation, and childhood asthma phenotypes

Abstract Background Epigenetic modifications, including DNA methylation, act as one potential mechanism underlying the detrimental effects associated with prenatal tobacco smoke (PTS) exposure. Methylation in a gene called AXL was previously reported to differ in response to PTS. Methods We investig...

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Main Authors: Lu Gao, Xiaochen Liu, Joshua Millstein, Kimberly D. Siegmund, Louis Dubeau, Rachel L. Maguire, Junfeng (Jim) Zhang, Bernard F. Fuemmeler, Scott H. Kollins, Cathrine Hoyo, Susan K. Murphy, Carrie V. Breton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Clinical Epigenetics
Subjects:
Methylation
Epigenetics
Smoke
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13148-018-0532-x

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