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ReviewMolecular and cellular endocrinology2014

Dioxin induction of transgenerational inheritance of disease in zebrafish.

Tracie R Baker, Tisha C King-Heiden, Richard E Peterson, Warren Heideman

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Review in Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor: a new frontier in male reproductive system.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2025
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  10. A Review of the Functional Roles of the Zebrafish Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptors.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2020
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  14. Multigenerational and Transgenerational Effects of Dioxins.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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  16. Ancestral TCDD Exposure Induces Multigenerational Histologic and Transcriptomic Alterations in Gonads of Male Zebrafish.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2018
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  20. Environmental epigenetics in zebrafish.Epigenetics & chromatin · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tracie R BakerPharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
Tisha C King-HeidenDepartment of Biology and River Studies Center, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, WI, USA.
Richard E PetersonPharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: repeterson@pharmacy.wisc.edu.
Warren HeidemanPharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · USUniversity of Wisconsin–La Crosse · US

Funding

Molecular & Environmental Toxicology Pre-& Postdoctoral Training ProgramT32ES007015 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI CHRISTOPHER A BRADFIELD · 1985 to 2026
$11.5M
TCDD- INDUCED CARDIOTOXICITY IN DEVELOPING ZEBRAFISHR01ES012716 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI HEIDEMAN, WARREN NO MIDDLE NAME · 2005 to 2015
$2.7M
Adult and Transgenerational Toxicity Due to Developmental TCDD ExposureK01OD010462 · OD · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BAKER, TRACIE R · 2013 to 2017
$657k
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES012716NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007015NIH HHS K01 OD010462
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dioxin (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin; TCDD) is an aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) agonist, an endocrine disruptor, and a potent global pollutant. TCDD exposure is associated with diseases of almost every organ system, and its toxicity is highly conserved across vertebrates. While the acute developmental effects of dioxin exposure have been extensively studied, the ability of early sublethal exposure to produce toxicity in adulthood or subsequent generations is poorly understood. This type of question is difficult to study because of the time frame of the effects. With human subjects, such a study could span more than a lifetime. We have chosen zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model because they are vertebrates with short generation times and consistent genetic backgrounds. Zebrafish have very modest housing needs, facilitating single and multigenerational studies with minimal time and expense. We have used this model to identify transgenerational effects of TCDD on skeletal development, sex ratio, and male-mediated decreases in reproductive capacity. Here we compare these findings with transgenerational effects described in laboratory rodent species. We propose that the zebrafish is a cost-effective model system for evaluating the transgenerational effects of toxic chemicals and their role in the fetal basis of adult disease.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseasePrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsAnimalsDioxinsEndocrine DisruptorsEnvironmental ExposureFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMiceMutagensPregnancyReceptors, Aryl HydrocarbonReproductionZebrafishDioxinsEndocrine DisruptorsMutagensReceptors, Aryl HydrocarbonAHREpigeneticRodentTCDDTransgenerationalZebrafish

Identifiers

PMID25194296
PMCPMC4262573
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