ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
An Altered DNA Methylation Status in the Human Umbilical Cord Is Correlated with Maternal Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls.
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- Epigenetic alterations induced by genotoxic occupational and environmental human chemical carcinogens: An update of a systematic literature review.Mutation research. Reviews in mutation researchPooled it
- Impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on epigenetic regulation in the uterus: a narrative review.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2025Review
- Second phase Chiba study of mother and child health (C-MACH): Japanese birth cohort study with multiomics analyses.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Multi-omic association study identifies DNA methylation-mediated genotype and smoking exposure effects on lung function in children living in urban settings.PLoS genetics · 2023Article
- Gene×environment interactions in autism spectrum disorders.Current topics in developmental biology · 2023Review
- Placenta and fetal brain share a neurodevelopmental disorder DNA methylation profile in a mouse model of prenatal PCB exposure.Cell reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Maternal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) results in abnormal fetal development, possibly because of epigenetic alterations. However, the association between PCB levels in cord serum with fetal DNA methylation status in cord tissue is unclear. This study aims to identify alterations in DNA methylation in cord tissue potentially associated with PCB levels in cord serum from a birth cohort in Chiba, Japan (male neonates = 32, female neonates = 43). Methylation array analysis identified five sites for female neonates (cg09878117, cg06154002, cg06289566, cg12838902, cg01083397) and one site for male neonates (cg13368805) that demonstrated a change in the methylation degree. This result was validated by pyrosequencing analysis, showing that cg06154002 (
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