Fathers’ preconception smoking and offspring DNA methylation

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Title: Fathers’ preconception smoking and offspring DNA methylation
Authors: Negusse Tadesse Kitaba, Gerd Toril Mørkve Knudsen, Ane Johannessen, Faisal I. Rezwan, Andrei Malinovschi, Anna Oudin, Bryndis Benediktsdottir, David Martino, Francisco Javier Callejas González, Leopoldo Palacios Gómez, Mathias Holm, Nils Oskar Jõgi, Shyamali C. Dharmage, Svein Magne Skulstad, Sarah H. Watkins, Matthew Suderman, Francisco Gómez-Real, Vivi Schlünssen, Cecilie Svanes, John W. Holloway
Source: Clinical Epigenetics, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2023)
Publisher Information: BMC, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Genetics
Subject Terms: Preconception, Paternal effects, Tobacco smoke, Epigenetic, Epigenome-wide association study, DNA methylation, Medicine, Genetics, QH426-470
More Details: Abstract Background Experimental studies suggest that exposures may impact respiratory health across generations via epigenetic changes transmitted specifically through male germ cells. Studies in humans are, however, limited. We aim to identify epigenetic marks in offspring associated with father’s preconception smoking. Methods We conducted epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) in the RHINESSA cohort (7–50 years) on father’s any preconception smoking (n = 875 offspring) and father’s pubertal onset smoking
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1868-7083
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1868-7083
DOI: 10.1186/s13148-023-01540-7
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/7bb1818eff03482287d1956a47ca6829
Accession Number: edsdoj.7bb1818eff03482287d1956a47ca6829
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:18687083
DOI:10.1186/s13148-023-01540-7
Published in:Clinical Epigenetics
Language:English