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Nat Commun. 2018; 9(1): 2555. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04992-1.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=29967448Sex differences in human disease have been extensively described for some of the most prevalent health conditions affecting societies today, from hypertension to diabetes, arthritis, and can...

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8.20. Associations of prenatal depressive symptoms with DNA methylation of HPA axis-related genes and diurnal cortisol profiles in primary school-aged children

V Stonawski , S Frey , Y Golub , N Rohleder , J Kriebel , TW Goecke , PA Fasching , MW Beckmann , J Kornhuber , O Kratz , GH Moll , H Heinrich , A Eichler

To read the full abstract: De Psychopathol. 2019; 31(2): 419431.Environmental stimuli, especially in the pre- and postnatal periods, can have long-lasting effects on offspring development and health. Prenatal exposure to maternal depression, anxiety or stress may alter functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Here, epigenetic modifications of DNA in genes...

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ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2019

8. Adrenals

8.19. Placental H3K27me3 establishes female resilience to prenatal insults

8.20. Associations of prenatal depressive symptoms with DNA methylation of HPA axis-related genes and diurnal cortisol profiles in primary school-aged children

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