Genome-wide DNA methylation at birth in relation to in utero arsenic exposure and the associated health in later life

• Main Authors: Akhilesh Kaushal (Author), Hongmei Zhang (Author), Wilfried J. J. Karmaus (Author), Todd M. Everson (Author), Carmen J. Marsit (Author), Margaret R. Karagas (Author), Shih-Fen Tsai (Author), Hui-Ju Wen (Author), Shu-Li Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In utero arsenic exposure may alter fetal developmental programming by altering DNA methylation, which may result in a higher risk of disease in later life. We evaluated the association between in utero arsenic exposure and DNA methylation (DNAm) in cord blood and its influence i...