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Health Impacts and Biomarkers of Prenatal Exposure to Methylmercury: Lessons from Minamata, Japan

Toxics, 2018
The main chemical forms of mercury are elemental mercury, inorganic divalent mercury, and methylmercury, which are metabolized in different ways and have differing toxic effects in humans.
Mineshi Sakamoto, Nozomi Tatsuta, Kimiko Izumo, Phuong Thanh Phan, Loi Duc Vu, Megumi Yamamoto, Masaaki Nakamura, Kunihiko Nakai, Katsuyuki Murata   +8 more
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The Nuclear Protein HOXB13 Enhances Methylmercury Toxicity by Inducing Oncostatin M and Promoting Its Binding to TNFR3 in Cultured Cells

Cells, 2019
Homeobox protein B13 (HOXB13), a transcription factor, is related to methylmercury toxicity; however, the downstream factors involved in enhancing methylmercury toxicity remain unknown.
Takashi Toyama, Sidi Xu, Ryo Nakano, Takashi Hasegawa, Naoki Endo, Tsutomu Takahashi, Jin-Yong Lee, Akira Naganuma, Gi-Wook Hwang   +8 more
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Scientific Opinion on the risk for public health related to the presence of mercury and methylmercury in food [PDF]

EFSA Journal, 2012
EFSA was asked by the European Commission to consider new developments regarding inorganic mercury and methylmercury toxicity and evaluate whether the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) provisional tolerable weekly intakes for ...
EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM)
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Patterns of fish and whale consumption in relation to methylmercury in hair among residents of Western Canadian Arctic communities

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Methylmercury contamination of the environment represents a substantial environmental health concern. Human exposure to methylmercury occurs primarily through consumption of fish and marine mammals.
Emily V. Walker, Yan Yuan, Safwat Girgis, Karen J. Goodman   +3 more
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Methylmercury Biosorption Activity by Methylmercury-resistant Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated From West Sekotong, Indonesia

Hayati Journal of Biosciences, 2018
Methylmercury has been generally known as a toxic heavy metal for both human and environment. Bacterial-based bioremediation of heavy metal is suggested as an ecofriendly and low-cost bioremediation process.
Beatrix T. Gasong, Satriya Abrian, Francis M.C. Sigit Setyabudi   +2 more
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Thioredoxin 1 and Thioredoxin Reductase 1 Redox System Is Dysregulated in Neutrophils of Subjects with Autism: In Vitro Effects of Environmental Toxicant, Methylmercury

Toxics, 2023
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disorder in children that results in abnormal communicative and verbal behaviors. Exposure to heavy metals plays a significant role in the pathogenesis or progression of ASD.
Samiyah Alshehri, Sheikh F. Ahmad, Norah A. Albekairi, Sana S. Alqarni, Naif O. Al-Harbi, Laila Y. Al-Ayadhi, Sabry M. Attia, Ali S. Alfardan, Saleh A. Bakheet, Ahmed Nadeem   +9 more
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Methylmercury exposure and developmental neurotoxicity [PDF]

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2014
We are concerned that certain aspects of the systematic review on methylmercury (MeHg) exposure from seafood consumption and the risk of developmental neurotoxicity published in the Bulletin of World Health Organization could be misinterpreted.1 Specifically, the review does not address the issue of whether naturally-occurring, background levels of ...
Myers, G.J., Davidson, P.W., Watson, G.E., van Wijngaarden, E., Thurston, S.W., Strain, J.J., Shamlaye, C.F., Bovet, P.   +7 more
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Exposure to Methylmercury at Juvenile Stage Worsens Autism-like Symptoms in Adult BTBR T+tf/J Mice Due to Lack of Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2-Related Factor 2 Signaling Upregulation in Periphery and Brain

Toxics, 2023
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a multifaceted developmental condition that first appears in infancy. The condition is characterized by recurrent patterns in behavior and impairments in social and vocalization abilities.
Mohammad M. Algahtani, Sheikh F. Ahmad, Layla A. Alkharashi, Naif O. Al-Harbi, Wael A. Alanazi, Abdullah S. Alhamed, Sabry M. Attia, Saleh A. Bakheet, Khalid E. Ibrahim, Ahmed Nadeem   +9 more
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Is Low Non-Lethal Concentration of Methylmercury Really Safe? A Report on Genotoxicity with Delayed Cell Proliferation. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Human exposure to relatively low levels of methylmercury is worrying, especially in terms of its genotoxicity. It is currently unknown as to whether exposure to low levels of mercury (below established limits) is safe.
María Elena Crespo-Lopez, Allan Costa-Malaquias, Edivaldo H C Oliveira, Moysés S Miranda, Gabriela P F Arrifano, José R Souza-Monteiro, Fernanda Espirito-Santo Sagica, Enéas A Fontes-Junior, Cristiane S F Maia, Barbarella M Macchi, José Luiz M do Nascimento   +10 more
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Methylmercury Biosorption Activity by Methylmercury-resistant Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated From West Sekotong, Indonesia

Hayati Journal of Biosciences, 2017
Methylmercury has been generally known as a toxic heavy metal for both human and environment. Bacterial-based bioremediation of heavy metal is suggested as an ecofriendly and low-cost bioremediation process.
Beatrix T. Gasong, Satriya Abrian, Francis M.C. Sigit Setyabudi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source