Evidence of altered brain regulatory gene expression in tobacco-exposed fetuses.
Hamisu M SalihuArnut PaothongRachita DasLindsey M KingAnupam PradhanBridget RiggsEknath NaikErin M SiegelValerie E WhitemanPublished in: Journal of perinatal medicine (2018)
These findings represent preliminary evidence in humans that intrauterine tobacco exposure impacts fetal brain programming. Future studies are warranted to examine whether our findings represent potential mechanisms through which adverse childhood/adult-onset cognitive and behavioral outcomes that have been previously linked to intrauterine exposure occur.