In utero fine particle air pollution and placental expression of genes in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling pathway: An ENVIRONAGE birth cohort study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 834-840

  Saenen, Nelly D ^a   Plusquin, Michelle ^a   Bijnens, Esmée ^a   Janssen, Bram G ^a   Gyselaers, Wilfried ^a,b   Cox, Bianca ^a   Fierens, Frans ^c   Molenberghs, Geert ^a,d   Penders, Joris ^a,b   Vrijens, Karen ^a   De Boever, Patrick ^a,e   Nawrot, Tim S ^a,f  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c Belgian Interregional Environment Agency   (Belgium)

^d KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA1; PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA2; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SOS PROTEIN; SYNAPSIN I; BDNF PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AIR POLLUTION; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; MOTHER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BELGIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PARTICLE SIZE; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BELGIUM; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938299276     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408549     Document Type: Article

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