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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2016

Frontal Cortex Transcriptome Analysis of Mice Exposed to Electronic Cigarettes During Early Life Stages.

Dana E Lauterstein, Pamella B Tijerina, Kevin Corbett, Betul Akgol Oksuz, Steven S Shen, Terry Gordon, Catherine B Klein, Judith T Zelikoff

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Overview of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: A Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017
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  4. Prenatal Cannabis and Tobacco: Studies in Animal Models.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  5. Memory under siege: the cognitive costs of smoking and vaping.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2025
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  11. Maternal use of electronic cigarettes and impact on offspring: a double-hit model.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Dana E LautersteinDepartment of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY 10987, USA. del319@nyu.edu.
Pamella B TijerinaDepartment of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY 10987, USA. pbt217@nyu.edu.
Kevin CorbettDepartment of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY 10987, USA. kjc443@nyu.edu.
Betul Akgol OksuzGenome Technology Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. Betul.AkgolOksuz@nyumc.org.
Steven S ShenDepartment of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY 10987, USA. ShuQuan.Shen@nyumc.org.
Terry GordonDepartment of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY 10987, USA. terry.Gordon@nyumc.org.
Catherine B KleinDepartment of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY 10987, USA. catherine.klein@nyumc.org.
Judith T ZelikoffDepartment of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY 10987, USA. judith.zelikoff@nyumc.org.

Funding

RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES (CENTER GRANT)P30ES000260 · NIEHS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI ZELIKOFF, JUDITH TERRY · 1985 to 2020
$26.1M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES000260NIEHS NIH HHS P30ES000260-50
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), battery-powered devices containing nicotine, glycerin, propylene glycol, flavorings, and other substances, are increasing in popularity. They pose a potential threat to the developing brain, as nicotine is a known neurotoxicant. We hypothesized that exposure to e-cigarettes during early life stages induce changes in central nervous system (CNS) transcriptome associated with adverse neurobiological outcomes and long-term disease states. To test the hypothesis, pregnant C57BL/6 mice were exposed daily (via whole body inhalation) throughout gestation (3 h/day; 5 days/week) to aerosols produced from e-cigarettes either with nicotine (13-16 mg/mL) or without nicotine; following birth, pups and dams were exposed together to e-cigarette aerosols throughout lactation beginning at postnatal day (PND) 4-6 and using the same exposure conditions employed during gestational exposure. Following exposure, frontal cortex recovered from ~one-month-old male and female offspring were excised and analyzed for gene expression by RNA Sequencing (RNA-Seq). Comparisons between the treatment groups revealed that e-cigarette constituents other than nicotine might be partly responsible for the observed biological effects. Transcriptome alterations in both offspring sexes and treatment groups were all significantly associated with downstream adverse neurobiological outcomes. Results from this study demonstrate that e-cigarette exposure during early life alters CNS development potentially leading to chronic neuropathology.

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Administration, InhalationAnimalsElectronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsFemaleFrontal LobeGene Expression ProfilingGlycerolMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNicotinePregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsPropylene GlycolTranscriptomeGlycerolNicotinePropylene Glycolcentral nervous systemdevelopmente-cigarettesfrontal cortexnicotinepathway analysisRNA Sequencingtranscriptome

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PMID27077873
PMCPMC4847079

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