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Differential gene expression and limited epigenetic dysregulation at the materno-fetal interface in preeclampsia
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posted on 2020-01-15, 00:00 authored by M N Leseva, A M Binder, A L Ponsonby, Peter VuillerminPeter Vuillermin, R Saffery, K B Michels© 2019 The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. Despite the many advances made in the diagnosis and management of preeclampsia, this syndrome remains a leading cause of maternal mortality and life-long morbidity, as well as adverse fetal outcomes. Successful prediction and therapeutic intervention require an improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms, which underlie preeclampsia pathophysiology. We have used an integrated approach to discover placental genetic and epigenetic markers of preeclampsia and validated our findings in an independent cohort of women. We observed the microRNA, MIR138, to be upregulated in singleton preeclamptic placentas; however, this appears to be a female infant sex-specific effect. We did not identify any significant differentially methylated positions (DMPs) in singleton pregnancies, indicating that DNA methylation changes in mild forms of the disease are likely limited. However, we identified infant sex-specific preeclampsia-associated differentially methylated regions among singletons. Disease-associated DMPs were more obvious in a limited sampling of twin pregnancies. Interestingly, 2 out of the 10 most significant changes in methylation over larger regions overlap between singletons and twins and correspond to NAPRT1 and ZNF417.
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Human Molecular GeneticsVolume
29Issue
2Pagination
335 - 350Publisher
Oxford AcademicLocation
Oxford, Eng.Publisher DOI
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0964-6906eISSN
1460-2083Language
engPublication classification
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