Toxic and Teratogenic Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Fetal Development, Adolescence, and Adulthood. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) can have immediate and long-lasting toxic and teratogenic effects on an individual's development and health. As a toxicant, alcohol can lead to a variety of physical and neurological anomalies in the fetus that can lead to behavioral and other impairments which may last a lifetime. Recent studies have focused on identifying mechanisms that mediate the immediate teratogenic effects of alcohol on fetal development and mechanisms that facilitate the persistent toxic effects of alcohol on health and predisposition to disease later in life. This review focuses on the contribution of epigenetic modifications and intercellular transporters like extracellular vesicles to the toxicity of PAE and to immediate and long-term consequences on an individual's health and risk of disease.

published proceedings

  • Int J Mol Sci

altmetric score

  • 3.7

author list (cited authors)

  • Chung, D. D., Pinson, M. R., Bhenderu, L. S., Lai, M. S., Patel, R. A., & Miranda, R. C.

citation count

  • 2

complete list of authors

  • Chung, Dae D||Pinson, Marisa R||Bhenderu, Lokeshwar S||Lai, Michael S||Patel, Rhea A||Miranda, Rajesh C

publication date

  • August 2021

publisher