Journal article
Maternal depression is associated with DNA methylation changes in cord blood T lymphocytes and adult hippocampi
Abstract
Depression affects 10–15% of pregnant women and has been associated with preterm delivery and later developmental, behavioural and learning disabilities. We tested the hypothesis that maternal depression is associated with DNA methylation alterations in maternal T lymphocytes, neonatal cord blood T lymphocytes and adult offspring hippocampi. Genome-wide DNA methylation of CD3+ T lymphocytes isolated from 38 antepartum maternal and 44 neonatal …
Authors
Nemoda Z; Massart R; Suderman M; Hallett M; Li T; Coote M; Cody N; Sun ZS; Soares CN; Turecki G
Journal
Translational Psychiatry, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. e545–e545
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
April 2015
DOI
10.1038/tp.2015.32
ISSN
2158-3188