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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2020

Methylation of Imprinted Genes in Sperm DNA Correlated to Urinary Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Exposure Levels in Reproductive-Aged Men and the Birth Outcomes of the Offspring.

Jia Yang, Zhaoxu Lu, Zhichao Liu, Li Wang, Mei Qiang

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Air Pollution and Brain Tumors in Children. A Systematic Review.Current environmental health reports · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Environmental and Genetic Perturbations of the Sperm Epigenome.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
    Review
  3. Endocrine Disrupting Agents: Toxicological Aspects on Male Reproduction.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2025
    Review
  4. Imprinting and Reproductive Health: A Toxicological Perspective.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
    Review
  5. Article
  6. Influence of Benzo(a)pyrene on Different Epigenetic Processes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jia YangDepartment of Children and Adolescences Health, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Zhaoxu LuDepartment of Children and Adolescences Health, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Zhichao LiuDepartment of Children and Adolescences Health, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Li WangDepartment of Children and Adolescences Health, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Mei QiangDepartment of Children and Adolescences Health, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Shanxi Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are known environmental pollutants. Studies are very limited regarding the impacts of paternal PAHs exposure on birth outcomes as well as the underpinning mechanisms in human. In this study, 302 reproductive-aged males (22-46 years old) were enrolled and demographic informatics data were obtained by questionnaires. The levels of urinary hydroxylated PAHs (OH-PAHs) were assessed by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; and methylation levels of the imprinting genes

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birth outcomesimprinted genesmethylationpolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonssperm

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PMID33505432
PMCPMC7834272
OpenAlexW3120353863

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