Associations between the maternal circulating lipid profile in pregnancy and fetal imprinted gene alleles: a cohort study

• Main Authors: Clive J. Petry (Author), Albert Koulman (Author), Liangjian Lu (Author), Benjamin Jenkins (Author), Samuel Furse (Author), Philippa Prentice (Author), Lee Matthews (Author), Ieuan A. Hughes (Author), Carlo L. Acerini (Author), Ken K. Ong (Author), David B. Dunger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Imprinted genes, which are expressed in a parent of origin-specific manner, are thought to mediate the genetic priorities of each parent in pregnancy. Recently we reported that some fetal imprinted gene variants are associated with maternal glucose concentrations and blood pressu...