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Role of Genomic Imprinting, Confined Placental Mosaicism, and Uniparental Disomy in Fetal Growth and Beyond - Workshop Summary

May 15-16, 2003

Sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Contents

Agenda

Background of the Workshop

Presentations

Physiological Functions of Imprinted Genes: Implications for Placental Development and Growth
Dr. Benjamin Tycko

Regulation of Supply and Demand for Maternal Nutrients in Mammals by Imprinted Genes
Dr. Miguel Constancia

Mechanisms of Confined Placental Mosaicism (CPM) and Uniparental Disomy (UPD) and Clinical Experience with CPM Found during Choronic Villus Sampling (CVS)
Dr. Laird Jackson

Confined Placental Mosaicism and Pregnancy Outcome: What We Know and What We Need to Know
Dr. John Wolstenholme

Obstetric and Placental Phenotypes Associated with CPM
Dr. Kenneth Ward

Role of CPM among Infants with Fetal Growth Restriction
Dr. Louise Wilkins-Haug

Maternal UPD of Chromosome 7, Silver-Russell Syndrome, and Imprinted Candidate Genes
Dr. David Monk

The Role of Imprinting Defects in Angelman Syndrome, Autism, and Other Disorders
Dr. Arthur Beaudet

Trophoblast Invasion in Pregnancies Complicated by Trisomy 21
Dr. Michael McMaster

Genomic Imprinting and Assisted Reproduction: Is There Cause for Concern?
Dr. Louise Wilkins-Haug

Toward a Longitudinal Picture of the Origins and Fates of Specific Chromosome Abnormalities throughout Human Development
Dr. John Wolstenholme

Advice and Comments from the Workshop Participants

Speaker List

Other Participants List
 
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