DNA methylation changes in African American women with a history of preterm birth from the InterGEN study
Barcelona V, Montalvo-Ortiz JL, Wright ML, Nagamatsu ST, Dreisbach C, Crusto CA, Sun YV, Taylor JY. DNA methylation changes in African American women with a history of preterm birth from the InterGEN study. BMC Genomic Data 2021, 22: 30. PMID: 34482817, PMCID: PMC8418749, DOI: 10.1186/s12863-021-00988-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreterm birthHealth disordersFull-term birthCentral nervous systemEpigenome-wide association studiesAfrican American womenInterGEN StudyBackgroundPreterm birthMaternal moodWomen 3Cardiovascular diseaseIndependent cohortPhysiologic mechanismsNervous systemAfrican American mothersSignificant CpG sitesEWAS approachWomenBirthSensory processingDNA methylationLong-term epigenetic effectsAmerican womenCommon outcomeFurther studies