Channa Jayasumana, Sarath Gunatilake, and Sisira Siribaddana, "Simultaneous exposure to multiple heavy metals and glyphosate may contribute to Sri Lankan agricultural nephropathy," BMC Nephrology, 2015, 16:103, DOI 10.1186/s12882-015-0109-2. ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Sri Lankan Agricultural Nephropathy (SAN), a new form of chronic kidney disease…
Channa Jayasumana, Sarath Gunatilake, and Priyantha Senanayake, "Glyphosate, Hard Water and Nephrotoxic Metals: Are They the Culprits Behind the Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in Sri Lanka?," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2014, 11, DOI:10.3390/IJERPH 110202125. ABSTRACT: The…
Mohan Manikkam, M. Muksitul Haque, Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna, Eric E. Nilsson, Michael K. Skinner , "Pesticide Methoxychlor Promotes the Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance of Adult-Onset Disease through the Female Germline," PLoS ONE, 2014, 9:7, DOI: 10.371/JOURNAL.PONE.0102091. ABSTRACT: Environmental compounds including fungicides, plastics, pesticides,…
Skinner MK1, "Endocrine disruptors and epigenetic transgenerational disease etiology," Pediatric Research, 2007, 61:5 Pt 2. ABSTRACT: Exposure to an environmental factor (e.g. endocrine disruptor) during embryonic gonadal sex determination appears to be epigenetically reprogram the male germ-line and subsequently promote…
Skinner MK, Manikkam M, Tracey R, Guerrero-Bosagna C, Haque M, Nilsson EE, "Ancestral dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) exposure promotes epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of obesity," BMC Medicine, 2013, 11:228, DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-228. ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Ancestral environmental exposures to a variety of environmental factors and toxicants…