ArticleCurrent opinion in endocrine and metabolic research2020
Interactions between Environmental Exposures and the Microbiome: Implications for Fetal Programming.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Beyond Deterministic Fetal Programming: Intrauterine Exposures and the Multifactorial Origins of Adiposity.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Review
- Effect of Perinatal and Maternal Factors on Blood Pressure and Adiposity at Age 3.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2026Observational
- Maternal Microbiome in Fetal Programming: A One Health Perspective on Translational Implications for Early-Life Health.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Personalized modeling of gut microbiome metabolism throughout the first year of life.Communications medicine · 2024Article
- Perinatal Hypoxia and Immune System Activation in Schizophrenia Pathogenesis: Critical Considerations During COVID-19 Pandemic.Physiological research · 2024Review
- Reproductive chemical database: a curated database of chemicals that modulate protein targets regulating important reproductive biological processes.Cell & bioscience · 2024Article
- Crucial nuances in understanding (mis)associations between the neonatal microbiome and Cesarean delivery.Trends in molecular medicine · 2022Review
- Fetal programming: could intrauterin life affect health status in adulthood?Obstetrics & gynecology science · 2021Article
- Diet-Derived Antioxidants and Their Role in Inflammation, Obesity and Gut Microbiota Modulation.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
Decades of population-based health outcomes data highlight the importance of understanding how environmental exposures in pregnancy affect maternal and neonatal outcomes. Animal model research and epidemiological studies have revealed that such exposures are able to alter fetal programming through stable changes in the epigenome, including altered DNA methylation patterns and histone modifications in the developing fetus and infant. It is similarly known that while microbes can biotransform environmental chemicals via conjugation and de-conjugation, specific exposures can also alter the community profile and function of the human microbiome. In this review, we consider how alterations to the maternal and or fetal/infant microbiome through environmental exposures could directly and indirectly alter fetal programming. We highlight two specific environmental exposures, cadmium (Cd) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and outline their effects on the developing fetus and the perinatal (maternal and fetal/infant) microbiome. We further consider how chemical exposures in the setting of natural disasters may be of particular importance to environmental health.
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