2021
Maternal blood metal concentrations and whole blood DNA methylation during pregnancy in the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI)
Aung M, Bakulski K, Feinberg J, Dou J, Meeker J, Mukherjee B, Loch-Caruso R, Ladd-Acosta C, Volk H, Croen L, Hertz-Picciotto I, Newschaffer C, Fallin M. Maternal blood metal concentrations and whole blood DNA methylation during pregnancy in the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI). Epigenetics 2021, 17: 253-268. PMID: 33794742, PMCID: PMC8920182, DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2021.1897059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood metal concentrationsDNA methylation sitesDNA methylationMetal concentrationsWhole blood DNA methylationK arrayMethylation sitesBlood DNA methylationIllumina 450K arrayGene ontology analysisPotential biomarkers of exposurePrenatal metal exposureCellular metabolic pathwaysDownstream gene pathwaysCell type compositionCalcium ion bindingEarly Autism Risk Longitudinal InvestigationBiomarkers of exposureInductively coupled plasma mass spectrometryNervous system developmentAssociated with hypermethylationMetal exposureIndividual metalsPlasma mass spectrometryOntology analysis
2020
Predictors of urinary and blood Metal(loid) concentrations among pregnant women in Northern Puerto Rico
Ashrap P, Watkins D, Mukherjee B, Boss J, Richards M, Rosario Z, Vélez-Vega C, Alshawabkeh A, Cordero J, Meeker J. Predictors of urinary and blood Metal(loid) concentrations among pregnant women in Northern Puerto Rico. Environmental Research 2020, 183: 109178. PMID: 32007748, PMCID: PMC7167342, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood concentrations of CuTrace metal exposureConcentrations of CuExposure reduction strategiesBiomarkers of exposureBlood HgMetalloid exposureMetal exposureNorthern Puerto RicoBlood CdTrace metalsBlood PbRice consumptionExposure sourcesPuerto RicoMetal(loid)sMetal(loidExposure assessmentBiomarker variationsPbPublic waterZnFishMnMetal