Project description:Preterm birth is the major cause of newborn and infant mortality affecting nearly one in every ten live births. This study was designed to develop an epigenetic biomarker for susceptibility of preterm birth using buccal cells from the mother, father, and child (triads). MeDIP-seq was used to identify differential DNA methylation regions (DMRs) using a comparison of control term birth versus preterm birth triads. Epigenetic DMR associations with preterm birth were identified for both the mother and father that were distinct and suggest potential epigenetic contributions from both parents. The mother (165 DMRs) and female child (136 DMRs) at p<1e-04 had the highest number of DMRs and were highly similar suggesting potential epigenetic inheritance of the epimutations. The male child had negligible DMR associations. The DMR associated genes for each group involve previously identified preterm birth associated genes.
Project description:Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling of 251 whole-blood samples from children aged 2 years from the ENID mother-child cohort in The Gambia.
Project description:Genomewide methylation profiles from three tissues (cord blood, placenta, venous blood) derived from 24 mother-child dyads. Data was assayed with the Illumina HumanMethylation 450K Beacdchip and processed with Illumina's GenomeStudio V2011.1 Methylation Module v1.9.0
2014-03-01 | GSE54399 | GEO
Project description:WES data of a healthy euploid mother
| PRJNA1059295 | ENA
Project description:Trafficking of bifidobacterial DNA from mother to child