• Betamethasone administration during pregnancy is associated with placental epigenetic changes with implications for inflammation 

      Czamara, Darina; Dieckmann, Linda; Röh, Simone; Kraemer, Sarah; Rancourt, Rebecca C.; Sammallahti, Sara; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Laivuori, Hannele; Eriksson, Johan G.; Räikkönen, Katri; Henrich, Wolfgang; Plagemann, Andreas; Binder, Elisabeth B.; Braun, Thorsten; Entringer, Sonja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background Glucocorticoids (GCs) play a pivotal role in fetal programming. Antenatal treatment with synthetic GCs (sGCs) in individuals in danger of preterm labor is common practice. Adverse short- and long-term effects ...
    • Greater male variability in daily energy expenditure develops through puberty 

      Halsey, Lewis G.; Careau, Vincent; Ainslie, Philip N.; Alemán-Mateo, Heliodoro; Andersen, Lene Frost; Anderson, Liam J.; Arab, Leonore; Baddou, Issad; Bandini, Linda; Bedu-Addo, Kweku; Blaak, Ellen E.; Blanc, Stephane; Bonomi, Alberto G.; Bouten, Carlijn V C; Bovet, Pascal; Brage, Søren Karl; Buchowski, Maciej S.; Butte, Nancy; Camps, Stephan G.; Casper, Regian; Close, Graeme L.; Colbert, Lisa H.; Cooper, Jamie A.; Cooper, Richard; Dabare, Prasangi; Das, Sai Krupa; Davies, Peter S W; Deb, Sanjoy; Nyström, Christine Delisle; Dietz, William; Dugas, Lara R.; Eaton, Simon; Ekelund, Ulf; Hamdouchi, Asmaa El; Entringer, Sonja; Forrester, Terrence; Fudge, Barry W.; Gillingham, Melanie; Goris, Annelies H.; Gurven, Michael; Haisma, Hinke; Hambly, Catherine; Hoffman, Daniel; Hoos, Marije B.; Hu, Sumei; Joonas, Noorjehan; Joosen, Annemiek; Katzmarzyk, Peter; Kempen, Kitty P.; Kimura, Misaka; Kraus, William E.; Kriengsinyos, Wantanee; Kuriyan, Rebecca; Kushner, Robert F.; Lambert, Estelle V.; Lanerolle, Pulani; Larsson, Christel L.; Lessan, Nader; Löf, Marie; Martin, Corby; Matsiko, Eric; Meijer, Gerwin A.; Morehen, James C.; Morton, James P.; Must, Aviva; Neuheuser, Marian; Nicklas, Theresa A.; Ojiambo, Robert M.; Pietilainen, Kirsi H.; Pitsiladis, Yannis P.; Plange-Rhule, Jacob; Plasqui, Guy; Prentice, Ross L.; Rabinovich, Roberto; Racette, Susan B.; Raichen, David A.; Ravussin, Eric; Redman, Leanne; Reilly, John J.; Reynolds, Rebecca; Roberts, Susan; Samaranayake, Dulani; Sardinha, Luís B; Schuit, Albertine J.; Silva, Analiza M.; Sinha, Srishti; Sjödin, Anders M.; Stice, Eric; Stunkard, Albert; Urlacher, Samuel S.; Valencia, Mauro Eduardo; Valenti, Giulio; van Etten, Ludo M.; Van Mil, Edgar A.; Verbunt, Jeanine A.; Wells, Jonathan C K; Wilson, George; Wood, Brian; Yoshida, Tsukasa; Zhang, Xueying; Murphy-Alford, Alexia; Loechl, Cornelia; Luke, Amy; Pontzer, Herman; Rood, Jennifer; Sagayama, Hiroyuki; Westerterp, Klaas R.; Wong, William W.; Yamada, Yosuke; Speakman, John R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      There is considerably greater variation in metabolic rates between men than between women, in terms of basal, activity and total (daily) energy expenditure (EE). One possible explanation is that EE is associated with male ...
    • Reliability of a novel approach for reference-based cell type estimation in human placental DNA methylation studies 

      Dieckmann, Linda; Cruceanu, Cristiana; Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius; Lahti, Jari; Kvist, Tuomas; Laivuori, Hannele; Sammallahti, Sara; Villa, Pia M.; Suomalainen-König, Sanna; Rancourt, Rebecca C.; Plagemann, Andreas; Henrich, Wolfgang; Eriksson, Johan G.; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Entringer, Sonja; Braun, Thorsten; Räikkönen, Katri; Binder, Elisabeth B.; Czamara, Darina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The placenta is a central organ during early development, influencing trajectories of health and disease. DNA methylation (DNAm) studies of human placenta improve our understanding of how its function relates to disease ...