Nature Communications (Feb 2020)
Maternal paraben exposure triggers childhood overweight development
- Beate Leppert,
- Sandra Strunz,
- Bettina Seiwert,
- Linda Schlittenbauer,
- Rita Schlichting,
- Christiane Pfeiffer,
- Stefan Röder,
- Mario Bauer,
- Michael Borte,
- Gabriele I. Stangl,
- Torsten Schöneberg,
- Angela Schulz,
- Isabell Karkossa,
- Ulrike E. Rolle-Kampczyk,
- Loreen Thürmann,
- Martin von Bergen,
- Beate I. Escher,
- Kristin M. Junge,
- Thorsten Reemtsma,
- Irina Lehmann,
- Tobias Polte
Affiliations
- Beate Leppert
- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Sandra Strunz
- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Bettina Seiwert
- Department for Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Linda Schlittenbauer
- Department for Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Rita Schlichting
- Department for Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Christiane Pfeiffer
- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Stefan Röder
- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Mario Bauer
- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Michael Borte
- Children’s Hospital, Municipal Hospital St. Georg
- Gabriele I. Stangl
- Institute of Agriculture and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Torsten Schöneberg
- Medical Faculty, Rudolf Schönheimer Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig
- Angela Schulz
- Medical Faculty, Rudolf Schönheimer Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig
- Isabell Karkossa
- Department Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Ulrike E. Rolle-Kampczyk
- Department Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Loreen Thürmann
- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Martin von Bergen
- Department Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Beate I. Escher
- Department for Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Kristin M. Junge
- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Thorsten Reemtsma
- Department for Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Irina Lehmann
- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Tobias Polte
- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14202-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Parabens are preservatives widely used in consumer products including cosmetics and food. Here the authors demonstrate that maternal paraben exposure may contribute to childhood overweight development by an altered neuronal appetite regulation.
