The role of gut microbiota in fetal methylmercury exposure: Insights from a pilot study

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 242, Issue , 2016, Pages 60-67

  Rothenberg, Sarah E ^a   Keiser, Sharon ^b   Ajami, Nadim J ^c   Wong, Matthew C ^c   Gesell, Jonathan ^c   Petrosino, Joseph F ^c   Johs, Alexander ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gut microbiota; Mercury; Metabolism; Microbiome; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LYASE; MERB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MERCURIC REDUCTASE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMETHYLATION; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MERA GENE; MERB GENE; METAGENOMICS; METHYLATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WHOLE GENOME SHOTGUN SEQUENCING; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; HAIR; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RIBOTYPING; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FECES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR; HUMANS; LYASES; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 84951335760     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.11.022     Document Type: Article

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