Cigarette smoking during early pregnancy reduces the number of embryonic germ and somatic cells | Zendy

Linn Salto Mamsen | Zendy; Melissa C. Lutterodt | Zendy; Elisabeth Wreford Andersen | Zendy; Sven O. Skouby | Zendy; K.P. Sorensen | Zendy; Claus Yding Andersen | Zendy; Anne Grete Byskov | Zendy

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Cigarette smoking during early pregnancy reduces the number of embryonic germ and somatic cells

Author(s) -

Linn Salto Mamsen,

Melissa C. Lutterodt,

Elisabeth Wreford Andersen,

Sven O. Skouby,

K.P. Sorensen,

Claus Yding Andersen,

Anne Grete Byskov

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/deq215

Subject(s) - somatic cell , andrology , embryonic stem cell , pregnancy , fetus , sperm , biology , germ cell , germ , cigarette smoking , medicine , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , gene

Cigarette smoking during pregnancy is associated with negative reproductive consequences for male fetuses in adult life such as reduced testicular volume and sperm concentration. The present study evaluates the number of germ and somatic cells present in human embryonic first-trimester gonads in relation to maternal smoking.

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