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Duration of breastfeeding is associated with leptin (LEP) DNA methylation profiles and BMI in 10-year-old children

BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding is protective against many long-term diseases, yet the mechanisms involved are unknown. Leptin gene (LEP) is reported to be associated with body mass index (BMI). On the other hand, breastfeeding duration has been found to be associated with DNA methylation (DNAm) of the LE...

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Autores principales: Sherwood, William B., Bion, Victoria, Lockett, Gabrielle A., Ziyab, Ali H., Soto-Ramírez, Nelís, Mukherjee, Nandini, Kurukulaaratchy, Ramesh J., Ewart, Susan, Zhang, Hongmei, Arshad, S. Hasan, Karmaus, Wilfried, Holloway, John W., Rezwan, Faisal I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6716837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31464656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13148-019-0727-9