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ReviewCurrent environmental health reports2022

Genetics and Epigenetics of Manganese Toxicity.

Sabrina Lindner, Roberto Lucchini, Karin Broberg

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Review in Current environmental health reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Overlaps in mammalian iron and manganese homeostasis: recent advances.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Sabrina LindnerDivision of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Roberto LucchiniOccupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Karin BrobergDivision of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Karin.broberg@med.lu.se.
Lund University · SEFlorida International University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewAt elevated levels, the essential element manganese (Mn) is neurotoxic and increasing evidence indicates that environmental Mn exposure early in life negatively affects neurodevelopment. In this review, we describe how underlying genetics may confer susceptibility to elevated Mn concentrations and how the epigenetic effects of Mn may explain the association between Mn exposure early in life and its toxic effects later in life. RECENT

findingsCommon polymorphisms in the Mn transporter genes SLC30A10 and SLC39A8 seem to have a large impact on intracellular Mn levels and, in turn, neurotoxicity. Genetic variation in iron regulatory genes may to lesser extent also influence Mn levels and toxicity. Recent studies on Mn and epigenetic mechanisms indicate that Mn-related changes in DNA methylation occur early in life. One human and two animal studies found persistent changes from in utero exposure to Mn but whether these changes have functional effects remains unknown. Genetics seems to play a major role in susceptibility to Mn toxicity and should therefore be considered in risk assessment. Mn appears to interfere with epigenetic processes, potentially leading to persistent changes in developmental programming, which warrants further study.

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EpigenomicsManganeseEpigenesis, GeneticHumansManganeseDNA methylationHFEManganeseSLC30A10SLC39A8

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PMID36357556
PMCPMC9729127
OpenAlexW4308708915

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