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ArticleScientific reports2017

The Vernix Caseosa is the Main Site of Dioxin Excretion in the Human Foetus.

Seiichi Morokuma, Kiyomi Tsukimori, Tsuguhide Hori, Kiyoko Kato, Masutaka Furue

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Seiichi MorokumaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. morokuma@med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Kiyomi TsukimoriDepartment of Obstetrics, Fukuoka Children's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Tsuguhide HoriFukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Science, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kiyoko KatoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Masutaka FurueResearch and Clinical Center for Yusho and Dioxin, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kyushu University Hospital · JPFukuoka Children's Hospital and Medical Center for Infectious Diseases · JPFukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences · JPKyushu University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dioxins are highly toxic to foetuses and prenatal exposure leads to adverse health effects; however, the metabolic pathways involved in dioxin excretion are poorly understood. We determined the dynamics of maternal-to-foetal dioxin transfer during normal pregnancy and how foetuses eliminate polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, and non-ortho polychlorinated biphenyls. Dioxin levels in maternal blood, cord blood, placenta, vernix caseosa, meconium, and amniotic fluid were analysed by high-resolution gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The average levels of total dioxins, expressed as picograms of toxic equivalency quantity per gram of lipid and in parentheses, dioxin fraction, with maternal blood levels arbitrarily set as 100%, were as follows: maternal blood, 15.8 (100%); placenta, 12.9 (81.5%); cord blood, 5.9 (37.2%); vernix caseosa, 8.4 (53.2%); meconium, 2.9 (18.2%); and amniotic fluid, 1.5 (9.2%). Similar proportions were observed for each dioxin congener. Thus, the highest content of foetal dioxins was observed in the vernix caseosa, indicating that this is the major site of dioxin excretion in human foetuses.

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FetusMaternal-Fetal ExchangeAdultBiological TransportBiomarkersDioxinsFemaleHumansPlacentaPregnancyVernix CaseosaYoung AdultBiomarkersDioxins

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