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ReviewMolecular and cellular endocrinology2014

Transgenerational inheritance of prenatal obesogen exposure.

Amanda S Janesick, Toshihiro Shioda, Bruce Blumberg

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In one paragraph

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 40 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed
15.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Maternal Nutrition, Toxicants, and Epigenetic Programming of Obesity Across Generations.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025
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  4. Obesogens: a unifying theory for the global rise in obesity.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2024
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  8. Obesogens in Foods.Biomolecules · 2022
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  16. Sirtuin (SIRT)-1: At the crossroads of puberty and metabolism.Current opinion in endocrine and metabolic research · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amanda S JanesickDepartment of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, 2011 Biological Sciences 3, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, United States.
Toshihiro ShiodaCenter for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Bldg 149, 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, United States.
Bruce BlumbergDepartment of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, 2011 Biological Sciences 3, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, United States; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, United States. Electronic address: blumberg@uci.edu.
University of California, Irvine · USCenter for Cancer Research · US

Funding

Transgenerational obesity caused by ancestral exposure to obesogens in utero: changes in germline genomic architecture, roles of gonadal somatic cells, and metabolomic analysis of sexual dimorphismR01ES023316 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI BRUCE BLUMBERG, TOSHIHIRO SHIODA · 2013 to 2026
$8.3M
NIEHS NIH HHS 1R01ES023316-01NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES023316
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity and metabolic syndrome diseases have exploded into an epidemic of global proportions. The generally accepted cause of obesity is overconsumption of calorie-dense food and diminished physical activity (the calories in-calories out model). However, emerging evidence demonstrates that environmental factors can predispose exposed individuals to gain weight, irrespective of diet and exercise. The environmental obesogen model proposes that chemical exposure during critical stages in development can influence subsequent adipogenesis, lipid balance and obesity. Obesogens are chemicals that inappropriately stimulate adipogenesis and fat storage. Numerous obesogens have been identified in recent years and some of these have been shown to act through the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma, the master regulator of adipogenesis. Others act through as yet unidentified pathways. Notably, some of these obesogens elicit transgenerational effects on a variety of health endpoints, including obesity in offspring after exposure of pregnant F0 females. Thus, prenatal exposure to xenobiotic compounds can have lasting, potentially permanent effects on the offspring of exposed animals. Transgenerational effects of chemical exposure raise the stakes in the debate about whether and how endocrine disrupting chemicals should be regulated.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseObesityAdipogenesisEndocrine DisruptorsEnvironmentEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansPregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsEndocrine DisruptorsAdipogenesisEndocrine disrupting chemicalsEpigeneticsObesityObesogenTransgenerational

Identifiers

PMID25218215
PMCPMC4262625
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