Maria Kippler, Karin Engström, Simona Jurković Mlakar, Matteo Bottai et al.
Dietary cadmium exposure was recently found to alter DNA methylation in adults, but data on effects early in life are lacking. Our objective was to evaluate associations between prenatal cadmium exposure, DNA methylation and birth weight. In total 127 mother-child pairs from rural Bangladesh were st...
Karin Engström, Marie Vahter, Simona Jurković Mlakar, Gabriela Concha et al.
BACKGROUND: Arsenic (As) occurs as monomethylarsonic acid (MMA) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) in humans, and the methylation pattern demonstrates large interindividual differences. The fraction of urinary MMA is a marker for susceptibility to As-related diseases. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the impact...
Karin Bröberg, Sultan Ahmed, Karin Engström, Mohammad Bakhtiar Hossain et al.
Early-life inorganic arsenic exposure influences not only child health and development but also health in later life. The adverse effects of arsenic may be mediated by epigenetic mechanisms, as there are indications that arsenic causes altered DNA methylation of cancer-related genes. The objective w...