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Maternal eating disorders affect offspring cord blood DNA methylation: a prospective study.

Nabila KazmiTom R GauntCaroline ReltonNadia Micali
Published in: Clinical epigenetics (2017)
Maternal active and past ED are associated with differences in offspring whole-genome methylation. Our results show altered DNA methylation in loci relevant to metabolism; these might be biomarkers of disrupted metabolic pathways in offspring of ED mothers. Further work is needed to examine potential mechanisms and functional outcomes of the observed methylation patterns.
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