Placental DNA methylation signatures of maternal smoking during pregnancy and potential impacts on fetal growth

Maternal smoking during pregnancy contributes to poor birth outcomes. Here the authors perform a meta-analysis of the associations between maternal smoking during pregnancy and placental DNA methylation and identify links between these and poor birth outcomes, which may better inform the mechanisms...

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Main Authors: Todd M. Everson, Marta Vives-Usano, Emie Seyve, Andres Cardenas, Marina Lacasaña, Jeffrey M. Craig, Corina Lesseur, Emily R. Baker, Nora Fernandez-Jimenez, Barbara Heude, Patrice Perron, Beatriz Gónzalez-Alzaga, Jane Halliday, Maya A. Deyssenroth, Margaret R. Karagas, Carmen Íñiguez, Luigi Bouchard, Pedro Carmona-Sáez, Yuk J. Loke, Ke Hao, Thalia Belmonte, Marie A. Charles, Jordi Martorell-Marugán, Evelyne Muggli, Jia Chen, Mariana F. Fernández, Jorg Tost, Antonio Gómez-Martín, Stephanie J. London, Jordi Sunyer, Carmen J. Marsit, Johanna Lepeule, Marie-France Hivert, Mariona Bustamante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24558-y