Effect of Maternal Tobacco Smoke Exposure on the Placental Transcriptome

Autor: A. Milcova, Anna Pastorkova, Alzbeta Vasikova, Jan Topinka, Radim J. Sram, Ivan Balascak, Radim Brdicka, Michaela Dostalova Merkerova, Hana Bruchova
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Placenta. 31:186-191
ISSN: 0143-4004
Popis: Smoking in pregnancy increases a woman's risk of preterm delivery resulting in serious neonatal health problems and chronic lifelong disabilities for the children (e.g., mental retardation, learning problems). To study the effects of tobacco smoke on the placental transcriptome, we performed gene expression profiling on placentas from women exposed to tobacco smoke in pregnancy (N = 12) and from those without significant exposure (N = 64). Gene expression profiles were determined by Illumina HumanRef-8 v2 Expression BeadChips with 18,216 gene probes. Microarray data were normalized by quantile method and filtered for a detection P-value
Databáze: OpenAIRE