B3097 - A meta-analysis of maternal smoking GFI1-CpGs and cardio-metabolic phenotypes in adults - 17/04/2018

B number: 
B3097
Principal applicant name: 
Matthew Suderman | Integrative Epidemiology Unit
Co-applicants: 
Title of project: 
A meta-analysis of maternal smoking GFI1-CpGs and cardio-metabolic phenotypes in adults
Proposal summary: 

Individuals exposed prenatally to cigarette smoke tend to have lower birthweight and have higher risks for a variety of detrimental health outcomes later in life. Cigarette smoke exposure is also associated with DNA methylation changes at gene GFI1, and recent evidence suggests that these changes may play a role in the lower birthweight of exposed infants. We would like to determine if there is evidence that these DNA methylation changes may also play a role in risk factors for other health outcomes of prenatal cigarette smoke exposure. We would specifically like to investigate factors related to cardiovascular and metabolic health.

Impact of research: 
Evidence for or against the possibility that DNA methylation mediates the effects of prenatal smoke exposure on later health outcomes.
Date proposal received: 
Thursday, 12 April, 2018
Keywords: 
Epigenetics, cardio-metabolic risk factors, Microarrays, Biological samples -e.g. blood, cell lines, saliva, etc., Birth outcomes, Blood pressure, BMI, Cardiovascular, Environment - enviromental exposure, pollution, Epigenetics, Metabolic - metabolism