[HTML][HTML] Toxic mechanisms of five heavy metals: mercury, lead, chromium, cadmium, and arsenic

M Balali-Mood, K Naseri, Z Tahergorabi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The industrial activities of the last century have caused massive increases in human
exposure to heavy metals. Mercury, lead, chromium, cadmium, and arsenic have been the …

Environmental influences on the epigenome: exposure-associated DNA methylation in human populations

EM Martin, RC Fry - Annual review of public health, 2018 - annualreviews.org
DNA methylation is the most well studied of the epigenetic regulators in relation to
environmental exposures. To date, numerous studies have detailed the manner by which …

Exploring the evidence for epigenetic regulation of environmental influences on child health across generations

CV Breton, R Landon, LG Kahn, MB Enlow… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Environmental exposures, psychosocial stressors and nutrition are all potentially important
influences that may impact health outcomes directly or via interactions with the genome or …

Concentrations of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in human placental tissues and associations with birth outcomes

SM Hall, S Zhang, K Hoffman, ML Miranda… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants
commonly detected in human serum. Previous studies have observed associations between …

Microplastics pollution with heavy metals in the aquaculture zone of the Chao Phraya River Estuary, Thailand

AT Ta, S Babel - Marine pollution bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics have received special attention due to their potential risks to environments.
However, data on microplastics in estuaries of the Southeast Asian region is still insufficient …

[HTML][HTML] Before the beginning: environmental exposures and reproductive and obstetrical outcomes

TR Segal, LC Giudice - Fertility and Sterility, 2019 - Elsevier
There is growing consensus that preconception exposure to environmental toxins can
adversely affect fertility, pregnancy, and fetal development, which may persist into the …

OsZIP1 functions as a metal efflux transporter limiting excess zinc, copper and cadmium accumulation in rice

XS Liu, SJ Feng, BQ Zhang, MQ Wang, HW Cao… - BMC plant biology, 2019 - Springer
Background Metal homeostasis is critical for plant growth, development and adaptation to
environmental stresses and largely governed by a variety of metal transporters. The plant …

Exposure to microplastics cause gut damage, locomotor dysfunction, epigenetic silencing, and aggravate cadmium (Cd) toxicity in Drosophila

Y Zhang, MB Wolosker, Y Zhao, H Ren… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The interactions of microplastics (MPs) with other chemicals and the range of outcomes are
of great importance to enhance understanding of their environmental impacts and health …

Environmental chemicals and DNA methylation in adults: a systematic review of the epidemiologic evidence

A Ruiz-Hernandez, CC Kuo, P Rentero-Garrido… - Clinical …, 2015 - Springer
Current evidence supports the notion that environmental exposures are associated with
DNA-methylation and expression changes that can impact human health. Our objective was …

Prenatal arsenic exposure and the epigenome: identifying sites of 5-methylcytosine alterations that predict functional changes in gene expression in newborn cord …

D Rojas, JE Rager, L Smeester, KA Bailey… - Toxicological …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Prenatal exposure to inorganic arsenic (iAs) is detrimental to the health of newborns and
increases the risk of disease development later in life. Here we examined a subset of …