Placental DNA methylation changes and the early prediction of autism in full-term newborns.

Autor: Ray O Bahado-Singh, Sangeetha Vishweswaraiah, Buket Aydas, Uppala Radhakrishna
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 7, p e0253340 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253340
Popis: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with abnormal brain development during fetal life. Overall, increasing evidence indicates an important role of epigenetic dysfunction in ASD. The placenta is critical to and produces neurotransmitters that regulate fetal brain development. We hypothesized that placental DNA methylation changes are a feature of the fetal development of the autistic brain and importantly could help to elucidate the early pathogenesis and prediction of these disorders. Genome-wide methylation using placental tissue from the full-term autistic disorder subtype was performed using the Illumina 450K array. The study consisted of 14 cases and 10 control subjects. Significantly epigenetically altered CpG loci (FDR p-value
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