Paternal sepsis induces alterations of the sperm methylome and dampens offspring immune responses—an animal study
Abstract Background Sepsis represents the utmost severe consequence of infection, involving a dysregulated and self-damaging immune response of the host. While different environmental exposures like chronic stress or malnutrition have been well described to reprogram the germline and subsequently of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-06-01
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Series: | Clinical Epigenetics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13148-018-0522-z |