| Title |
Ancestral dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) exposure promotes epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of obesity
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-11-228 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael K Skinner, Mohan Manikkam, Rebecca Tracey, Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna, Muksitul Haque, Eric E Nilsson |
| Abstract |
Ancestral environmental exposures to a variety of environmental factors and toxicants have been shown to promote the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of adult onset disease. The present work examined the potential transgenerational actions of the insecticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) on obesity and associated disease. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 34% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 10% |
| Canada | 2 | 5% |
| Germany | 2 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 18 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 28 | 68% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 12% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 10% |
| Scientists | 4 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| India | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 5 | 2% |
| Unknown | 246 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 49 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 39 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 36 | 14% |
| Researcher | 35 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 6% |
| Other | 39 | 15% |
| Unknown | 49 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 74 | 28% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 36 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 12% |
| Environmental Science | 13 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 9 | 3% |
| Other | 36 | 14% |
| Unknown | 64 | 24% |
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