Maternal smoking-induced lung injuries in dams and offspring via inflammatory cytokines

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring IQ.

BACKGROUND Maternal smoking in pregnancy lowers birthweight. It is unclear, however, whether smoking during pregnancy lowers offspring IQ, and, if it does, whether it is through the smoking effect on fetal growth. METHOD Representative samples of low birthweight (<2500 g) and normal birthweight children born in 1983-85 from inner-city and suburban communities in southeast Michigan, USA were a...

Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy Induces Airway Remodeling in Mice Offspring Running Title: Maternal Smoking Remodels Offspring Airways

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and bipolar disorder in offspring.

OBJECTIVE Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with a number of adverse externalizing outcomes for offspring from childhood to adulthood. The relationship between maternal smoking and bipolar disorder in offspring, which includes externalizing symptoms among its many manifestations, has not been investigated in depth. The authors examined whether offspring exposed to maternal smoking...

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and appetite control in offspring.

AIMS Intrauterine exposure to tobacco smoke products has been associated with long-term neurobehavioral effects. Modified appetite control might explain the recently observed association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and obesity in offspring. METHODS Some 10,557 British adults aged 42 years born between 3-9 March 1958 were followed up in a birth cohort study (NCDS). The main outco...

Maternal smoking promotes chronic obstructive lung disease in the offspring as adults

INTRODUCTION In utero and/or childhood environmental tobacco smoke exposure is well known to adversely affect lung function and to depreciate child's health in many ways. Fewer studies have assessed the long-term effects on COPD development and disease severity in later adulthood. METHODS COPD patients were interviewed using a structured questionnaire regarding their personal as well as the s...