2024
Prenatal arsenic metabolite exposure is associated with increased newborn mitochondrial DNA copy number: evidence from a birth cohort study
Qiu F, Zhang H, Wang X, Jia Z, He Y, Wu Y, Li Z, Zheng T, Xia W, Xu S, Li Y. Prenatal arsenic metabolite exposure is associated with increased newborn mitochondrial DNA copy number: evidence from a birth cohort study. Environmental Science And Pollution Research 2024, 31: 38142-38152. PMID: 38789711, DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-32933-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDNA copy numberThird trimesterUrinary arsenic species concentrationsNewborn mitochondrial DNA copy numberMother-newborn pairsDose-response trendMitochondria DNA copy numberReal-time polymerase chain reactionBirth cohort studyMetabolite exposureCopy numberMitochondrial DNA copy numberOne-unit incrementCovariate-adjusted modelsBlood mtDNAcnQuantitative real-time polymerase chain reactionPolymerase chain reactionCohort studyTrimesterMetabolite levelsPotential associationStatistical significanceArsenic metabolitesChain reactionMtDNAcn
2023
Associations between maternal urinary rare earth elements during pregnancy and birth weight-for-gestational age: Roles of cord blood vitamin D levels
Fang X, Xie Y, Cao S, Liu J, Shi Y, Yu L, Zheng T, Liu H, Li Y, Xu S, Xia W. Associations between maternal urinary rare earth elements during pregnancy and birth weight-for-gestational age: Roles of cord blood vitamin D levels. The Science Of The Total Environment 2023, 912: 169222. PMID: 38081430, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCord blood vitamin D levelsBlood vitamin D levelsCord blood vitamin DVitamin D levelsBlood vitamin DFetal growth restrictionGestational ageD levelsVitamin DPrenatal exposureBirth weightUrinary concentrationsGrowth restrictionLow vitamin D levelsZ-scoreMother-newborn pairsAdverse birth outcomesLower BWAverage urinary concentrationsBirth outcomesFetal growthCord bloodHigher oddsEnvironmental exposuresExposure-mediator interaction