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ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2019

A Birth Cohort Study on the Genetic Modification of the Association of Prenatal Methylmercury With Child Cognitive Development.

Jordi Julvez, George Davey Smith, Susan Ring, Philippe Grandjean

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Article in American journal of epidemiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 4 countries.

Jordi JulvezDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
George Davey SmithMedical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Susan RingMedical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Philippe GrandjeanDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Harvard University · USUniversity of Bristol · GB

Funding

Glucose Metabolism in Adults Prenatally Exposed to Diabetogenic PollutantsR01ES021477 · NIEHS · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI GRANDJEAN, PHILIPPE ADAM · 2013 to 2017
$3.0M
Prenatal exposure to polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFCs)and child growth and developmentR01ES021447 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI SAGIV, SHARON K. · 2012 to 2016
$2.8M
MERCURY-ASSOCIATED NEUROBEHAVIORAL DEFICIT IN CHILDRENU01ES009797 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI GRANDJEAN, PHILIPPE ADAM · 2000 to 2004
$2.1M
Mercury-Associated Neurobehavioral Deficit in ChildrenR01ES009797 · NIEHS · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI GRANDJEAN, PHILIPPE ADAM · 2007 to 2011
$2.0M
Medical Research Council G9815508Medical Research Council MC_PC_15018Medical Research Council MC_PC_19009Medical Research Council MC_UU_00011/1Medical Research Council MC_UU_00011/1/2/5Medical Research Council MC_UU_00011/5NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES009797NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES021447NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES021477NIEHS NIH HHS U01 ES009797Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 102215/2/13/2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic predisposition might affect neurodevelopmental outcomes of prenatal methylmercury exposure. We examined suspected heterogeneities for modification of exposure-related neurodevelopment in children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (1991-2000), Bristol, United Kingdom. A subgroup (n = 1,127 from a pilot study and 1,045 from the present study) was identified based on the availability of the mercury concentration of cord tissue as a measure of prenatal methylmercury exposure, data on 247 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children intelligence quotient (IQ) scores. Log10-transformed mercury concentration was positively associated with IQ, but adjustment for confounding cofactors attenuated this association. A finding of enhanced interaction with methylmercury was replicated in this study for the minor allele of rs1042838 (progesterone receptor) (β = -11.8, 95% confidence interval: -23.0, -0.6; P for interaction = 0.004) and weakly for rs662 (paraoxonase 1) (β = -3.6, 95% confidence interval: -11.4, 4.3; P = 0.117). In the joint sample, new interacting single-nucleotide polymorphisms were discovered in relation to superoxide dismutase 2, ATP binding cassette subfamily A member 1, and metallothionein 1M genes. While the low-level prenatal exposure to methylmercury was not associated with child cognition, progesterone receptor rs1042838 minor alleles revealed a negative association of mercury exposure with IQ.

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ChildChild DevelopmentCohort StudiesDevelopmental DisabilitiesFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansMaleMethylmercury CompoundsPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsUmbilical CordWechsler ScalesMethylmercury CompoundsALSPACcognitive functionsgenesmercuryneuropsychological developmentpopulation-based birth cohortpregnancySNPs

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PMCPMC6768817
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