Maternal prenatal depression is associated with decreased placental expression of the imprinted gene PEG3
Janssen AB, Capron LE, O'Donnell K, Tunster SJ, Ramchandani PG, Heazell AE, Glover V, John RM. Maternal prenatal depression is associated with decreased placental expression of the imprinted gene PEG3. Psychological Medicine 2016, 46: 2999-3011. PMID: 27523184, PMCID: PMC5080674, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291716001598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal prenatal depressionFetal growth restrictionPrenatal depressionPlacental expressionGrowth restrictionMedical notesDepression scoresFurther independent cohortImpaired placental functionPlacental lactogen productionAdverse neurodevelopmental outcomesDiagnosis of depressionMaternal depression scoresPoor offspring outcomesMaternal prenatal stressCyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1CPlacental gene expressionHigher depression scoresAberrant placental expressionNeurodevelopmental outcomesCohort participantsFetal growthPleckstrin homology-like domain familyPlacental functionMaternal depression