Maternal and infant NR3C1 and SLC6A4 epigenetic signatures of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: when timing matters

Abstract Stress exposure during pregnancy is critically linked with maternal mental health and child development. The effects might involve altered patterns of DNA methylation in specific stress-related genes (i.e., glucocorticoid receptor gene, NR3C1, and serotonin transporter gene, SLC6A4) and mig...

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Main Authors: Sarah Nazzari, Serena Grumi, Fabiana Mambretti, Marco Villa, Roberto Giorda, Livio Provenzi, MOM-COPE Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2022-09-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-02160-0