Maternal obesity increases DNA methylation and decreases RNA methylation in the human placenta

Wei Bin Shen, Jingxiang Ni, Ruofan Yao, Katherine R. Goetzinger, Christopher Harman, E. Albert Reece, Bingbing Wang, Peixin Yang

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)90-96
Number of pages7
JournalReproductive Toxicology
Volume107
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2022
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Toxicology

Keywords

  • 5-Methylcytosine
  • Epigenetic
  • Maternal obesity
  • N6-Methyladenosine
  • Placenta
  • Humans
  • 5-Methylcytosine/metabolism
  • Placenta/metabolism
  • Pregnancy
  • DNA Methylation
  • RNA/metabolism
  • Adenosine/analogs & derivatives
  • Female
  • Methyltransferases/genetics
  • Pregnancy in Obesity/genetics

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