Prenatal mercury concentration is associated with changes in DNA methylation at<i>TCEANC2</i>in newborns

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Authors

Kelly M. Bakulski · Johns Hopkins University

HwaJin Lee · Johns Hopkins Medicine

Jason I. Feinberg · Johns Hopkins University

Ellen M. Wells · Purdue University West Lafayette

Shannon Brown · Johns Hopkins University

Julie B. Herbstman · Columbia University

Frank R. Witter ·

Abstract

Evidence for an association between mercury and DNA methylation at the TCEANC2 region was found, which may represent a mercury-associated shift in cord blood cell composition or a change in methylation within blood cell types. Further confirmatory studies are needed.

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Urological Disorders and Treatments Mercury impact and mitigation studies Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

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Published in: International Journal of Epidemiology

Volume 44, Issue 4, pp. 1249-1262

DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv032

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Prenatal mercury concentration is associated with changes in DNA methylation at<i>TCEANC2</i>in newborns

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