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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Ole Ammerpohl
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-35327 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Eckmann-Scholz Christel C Bens Susanne S Kolarova Julia J Schneppenheim Sina S Caliebe Almuth A Heidemann Simone S von Kaisenberg Constantin C Kautza Monika M Jonat Walter W Siebert Reiner R Ammerpohl Ole O
PloS one 20120619 6
Epigenetic mechanisms including DNA methylation are supposed to play a key role in fetal development. Here we have investigated fetal DNA-methylation levels of 27,578 CpG loci in 47 chorionic villi (CVS) and 16 amniotic cell (AC) samples. Methylation levels differed significantly between karyotypically normal AC and CVS for 2,014 genes. AC showed more extreme DNA-methylation levels of these genes than CVS and the differentially methylated genes are significantly enriched for processes characteri ...[more]