2024
High ambient temperature in pregnancy and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: an observational study
Rogne T, Wang R, Wang P, Deziel N, Metayer C, Wiemels J, Chen K, Warren J, Ma X. High ambient temperature in pregnancy and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: an observational study. The Lancet Planetary Health 2024, 8: e506-e514. PMID: 38969477, PMCID: PMC11260908, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00121-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaChildhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaLymphoblastic leukemiaLatino childrenNon-Latino white childrenAssociated with risk of adverse pregnancy outcomesCalifornia Cancer RegistryRisk of acute lymphoblastic leukemiaCalifornia birth recordsRisk of adverse pregnancy outcomesPre-pregnancy periodAssociated with riskBayesian meta-regressionNational Institutes of HealthCancer RegistryCases of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaNational Center for Advancing Translational SciencesAdverse pregnancy outcomesAcute lymphoblastic leukemia casesInstitutes of HealthInvestigation of mechanistic pathwaysBirth recordsGestational weeks 8Pre-pregnancy
2022
Cytomegalovirus proteins, maternal pregnancy cytokines, and their impact on neonatal immune cytokine profiles and acute lymphoblastic leukemogenesis in children.
Wiemels JL, Wang R, Zhou M, Hansen H, Gallant R, Jung J, Mancuso N, De Smith AJ, Metayer C, Kogan SC, Ma X. Cytomegalovirus proteins, maternal pregnancy cytokines, and their impact on neonatal immune cytokine profiles and acute lymphoblastic leukemogenesis in children. Haematologica 2022, 107: 2266-2270. PMID: 35638549, PMCID: PMC9425315, DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2022.280826.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Proximity to endocrine-disrupting pesticides and risk of testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) among adolescents: A population-based case-control study in California
Swartz SJ, Morimoto LM, Whitehead TP, DeRouen MC, Ma X, Wang R, Wiemels JL, McGlynn KA, Gunier R, Metayer C. Proximity to endocrine-disrupting pesticides and risk of testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) among adolescents: A population-based case-control study in California. International Journal Of Hygiene And Environmental Health 2021, 239: 113881. PMID: 34839102, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113881.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTesticular germ cell tumorsPopulation attributable riskGerm cell tumorsCase-control studyRace/ethnicityTGCT riskCell tumorsOdds ratioRegistry-based case-control studyPopulation-based case-control studyRisk of TGCTConfidence intervalsBirth yearYears of ageNeighborhood socioeconomic statusEndocrine-disrupting pesticidesFetal exposureCritical developmental periodAttributable risk