Microorganisms in the human placenta are associated with altered CpG methylation of immune and inflammation-related genes

• Martha Scott Tomlinson,

  Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9902-9206

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• Paige A. Bommarito,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4794-3570

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• Elizabeth M. Martin,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Lisa Smeester,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Raina N. Fichorova,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Genital Tract Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Andrew B. Onderdonk,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Karl C. K. Kuban,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• T. Michael O’Shea,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Rebecca C. Fry

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rfry@unc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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