The early-life stress induced by oxytocin inhibition in p53 knockout mouse dams increases adulthood tumorigenesis in first and second generations.
Massimo StendardoChiara RenziRani PallaviNiccolò RodaValentina GambinoFrancesca CasciaroGiuseppe PersicoMarco GiorgioPublished in: Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) (2022)
Therefore, the inhibition of OT function in mothers is a novel paradigm of early-life stress that is inherited across generations and increases cancer risk in tumor-prone mice.