Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Placental DNA methylation signatures of maternal smoking during pregnancy and potential impacts on fetal growth

  • Todd M. Everson,
  • Marta Vives-Usano,
  • Emie Seyve,
  • Andres Cardenas,
  • Marina Lacasaña,
  • Jeffrey M. Craig,
  • Corina Lesseur,
  • Emily R. Baker,
  • Nora Fernandez-Jimenez,
  • Barbara Heude,
  • Patrice Perron,
  • Beatriz Gónzalez-Alzaga,
  • Jane Halliday,
  • Maya A. Deyssenroth,
  • Margaret R. Karagas,
  • Carmen Íñiguez,
  • Luigi Bouchard,
  • Pedro Carmona-Sáez,
  • Yuk J. Loke,
  • Ke Hao,
  • Thalia Belmonte,
  • Marie A. Charles,
  • Jordi Martorell-Marugán,
  • Evelyne Muggli,
  • Jia Chen,
  • Mariana F. Fernández,
  • Jorg Tost,
  • Antonio Gómez-Martín,
  • Stephanie J. London,
  • Jordi Sunyer,
  • Carmen J. Marsit,
  • Johanna Lepeule,
  • Marie-France Hivert,
  • Mariona Bustamante

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24558-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Maternal smoking during pregnancy contributes to poor birth outcomes. Here the authors perform a meta-analysis of the associations between maternal smoking during pregnancy and placental DNA methylation and identify links between these and poor birth outcomes, which may better inform the mechanisms through which smoking impacts placental function and fetal growth.