ArticleClinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.)2014
In utero arsenic exposure and fetal immune repertoire in a US pregnancy cohort.
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- Positive Association of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) with Chronic Exposure to Drinking Water Arsenic (As) at Concentrations below the WHO Provisional Guideline Value: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Docosahexaenoic Acid Effect on Prenatal Exposure to Arsenic and Atopic Dermatitis in Mexican Preschoolers.Biological trace element research · 2023Trial
- Association of Arsenic Methylation Capacity with Developmental Delays and Health Status in Children: A Prospective Case-Control Trial.Scientific reports · 2016Trial
- The fetal exposome: cellular and epigenetic programming of neonatal immune function.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
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- Arsenic Exposure through Dietary Intake and Associated Health Hazards in the Middle East.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Infant infections, respiratory symptoms, and allergy in relation to timing of rice cereal introduction in a United States cohort.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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- Prenatal arsenic exposure induces immunometabolic alteration and renal injury in rats.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
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- Human Variation in DNA Repair, Immune Function, and Cancer Risk.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Arsenic Induces Continuous Inflammation and Regulates Th1/Th2/Th17/Treg Balance in Liver and Kidney In Vivo.Mediators of inflammation · 2022Article
- Prenatal and Perinatal Environmental Influences Shaping the Neonatal Immune System: A Focus on Asthma and Allergy Origins.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Demographic predictors of urinary arsenic in a low-income predominantly Hispanic pregnancy cohort in Los Angeles.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2021Article
- IFAA: Robust Association Identification and Inference for Absolute Abundance in Microbiome Analyses.Journal of the American Statistical Association · 2021Article
- Single-cell RNA-seq Analysis Reveals That Prenatal Arsenic Exposure Results in Long-term, Adverse Effects on Immune Gene Expression in Response to Influenza A Infection.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Arsenic has wide-ranging effects on human health and there is evidence that it alters the immune response by influencing CD4+/CD8+ T cell ratios, IL-2 cytokine levels, and the expression of immune-response genes. We investigated the impact of in utero environmental arsenic exposure on immune development and function in newborns participating in a pregnancy cohort in New Hampshire, U.S., where arsenic levels have exceeded the current EPA maximum contaminant level of 10 μg/L. Our results showed that maternal urinary arsenic concentrations were inversely related to absolute total CD45RA+ CD4+ cord blood CD69+ T cell counts (N=116, p=0.04) and positively associated with CD45RA+ CD69- CD294+ cell counts (p=0.01). In placental samples (N=70), higher in utero urinary arsenic concentrations were positively associated with the expression of IL1β (p=0.03). These data provide evidence that relatively low-level arsenic exposure in utero may alter the fetal immune system and lead to immune dysregulation.
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