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Comparative Study
. 2013:2013:492170.
doi: 10.1155/2013/492170. Epub 2013 Jun 11.

Methylation and expression of immune and inflammatory genes in the offspring of bariatric bypass surgery patients

Frédéric Guénard  1 , André Tchernof, Yves Deshaies, Katherine Cianflone, John G Kral, Picard Marceau, Marie-Claude Vohl
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Comparative Study

Methylation and expression of immune and inflammatory genes in the offspring of bariatric bypass surgery patients

Frédéric Guénard et al. J Obes. 2013.

Abstract

Background: Maternal obesity, excess weight gain and overnutrition during pregnancy increase risks of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease in the offspring. Maternal biliopancreatic diversion is an effective treatment for severe obesity and is beneficial for offspring born after maternal surgery (AMS). These offspring exhibit lower severe obesity prevalence and improved cardiometabolic risk factors including inflammatory marker compared to siblings born before maternal surgery (BMS).

Objective: To assess relationships between maternal bariatric surgery and the methylation/expression of genes involved in the immune and inflammatory pathways.

Methods: A differential gene methylation analysis was conducted in a sibling cohort of 25 BMS and 25 AMS offspring from 20 mothers. Following differential gene expression analysis (23 BMS and 23 AMS), pathway analysis was conducted. Correlations between gene methylation/expression and circulating inflammatory markers were computed.

Results: Five immune and inflammatory pathways with significant overrepresentation of both differential gene methylation and expression were identified. In the IL-8 pathway, gene methylation correlated with both gene expression and plasma C-reactive protein levels.

Conclusion: These results suggest that improvements in cardiometabolic risk markers in AMS compared to BMS offspring may be mediated through differential methylation of genes involved in immune and inflammatory pathways.

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