Fig 1.
The NR3C1 gene covers a region of more than 80 kb on chromosome V. It contains 8 coding exons (2–9) and 9 alternative spliced 5’ non coding exon 1 variants. The region encompassing exon 1 variants is also known to function as a proximal promoter. Methylation of CpG dinucleotides (capital letters, 1–47) of exon 1F promoter region is examined in this study. Boxes represent known or putative canonical NGFI-A binding sites and broken-line boxes represent non canonical NGFI-a binding sites. * CpG position followed Palma-Gudiel et al. 2015 numerotation.
Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics, cortisol measures, CTS and HADS scores of participants.
Table 2.
Mean and site-specific DNA methylation comparison across groups of mothers and children.
Fig 2.
Scatter Plot of anxiety scores by methylation level at CpG 16–21 sites of the NR3C1 exon 1F: A) represent significant results obtained in the exposed group (r = .507, p = .038) and B) showed non-significant results obtained in the control group (r = .219, p = .353).