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ArticleHormones and behavior2018

Placental CpG methylation of HPA-axis genes is associated with cognitive impairment at age 10 among children born extremely preterm.

C J Meakin, E M Martin, H P Santos, I Mokrova, K Kuban, T M O'Shea, R M Joseph, L Smeester, R C Fry

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Article in Hormones and behavior, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

C J MeakinDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
E M MartinDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Curriculum in Toxicology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
H P SantosSchool of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
I MokrovaFrank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
K KubanDepartment of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
T M O'SheaDepartment of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
R M JosephDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
L SmeesterDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
R C FryDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Curriculum in Toxicology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: rfry@unc.edu.

Funding

Project-005U2COD023375 · OD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JUNFENG ZHANG · 2016 to 2026
$215.9M
VARIATION IN BIOACCUMULATION AND BIOMAGNIFICATION OF METALS IN NORTHERN US LAKESP42ES007373 · NIEHS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI STANTON, BRUCE A. · 1995 to 2019
$52.0M
Neonatal Biomarkers in Extremely Preterm Babies Predict Childhood Brain DisordersU01NS040069 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI KUBAN, KARL · 2001 to 2014
$34.0M
Biostatstics for Research in Environmental HealthT32ES007018 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Stephanie Engel, Rebecca Fry · 1985 to 2026
$31.3M
The Role of the Placenta-Brain Axis in Children's NeurodevelopmentUH3OD023348 · OD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Rebecca Fry, Michael O'SHEA · 2018 to 2026
$21.9M
A prospective study of critical environmental exposures in formative early life that impact lifelong health in rural US children: the New Hampshire Birth Cohort StudyUG3OD023275 · OD · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI KARAGAS, MARGARET RITA, MADAN, JULIETTE · 2016 to 2024
$17.9M
TOXICOLOGYT32ES007126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ILONA JASPERS, Bernard E. Weissman · 1985 to 2026
$13.0M
Environment, Epigenetics, Neurodevelopment & Health of Extremely Preterm ChildrenUG3OD023348 · OD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI FRY, REBECCA, O'SHEA, MICHAEL · 2016 to 2024
$7.4M
Project 3: Placental Biomarkers of Exposure and Outcome (Marsit)P01ES022832 · NIEHS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI KARAGAS, MARGARET RITA · 2013 to 2018
$4.7M
Placental Epigenome and Brain Dysfunction after Preterm BirthR01HD092374 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI FRY, REBECCA, O'SHEA, MICHAEL · 2017 to 2021
$3.2M
Placental DNA Methylation, Maternal Hardship and Child Neurodevelopmental OutcomesK23NR017898 · NINR · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SANTOS, HUDSON · 2018 to 2020
$395k
ACL HHS T42OH008673NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD092374NIEHS NIH HHS P01 ES022832NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES007373NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007018NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007126NIH HHS U2C OD023375NIH HHS UG3 OD023275NIH HHS UG3 OD023348NIH HHS UH3 OD023348NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS040069NINR NIH HHS K23 NR017898
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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CpG DNA methylationEpigeneticsHPA axisPlacenta

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PMID29477804
PMCPMC6354776

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