Huo D

ORCID: 0000-0002-4041-1678 · 2 papers in corpus · active 2012-2019
2019
Reproductive and hormone-related outcomes in women whose mothers were exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES): A report from the US National Cancer Institute DES Third Generation Study.
Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) ·doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2018.12.008

BackgroundAnimal studies suggest that prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) causes epigenetic alterations in primordial germ cells that affect the next generation, but human studies are sparse.MethodsWe assessed hormonally mediated …

2012
Microsatellites in the estrogen receptor (ESR1, ESR2) and androgen receptor (AR) genes and breast cancer risk in African American and Nigerian women.
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040494

Genetic variants in hormone receptor genes may be crucial predisposing factors for breast cancer, and microsatellites in the estrogen receptor (ESR1, ESR2) and androgen receptor (AR) genes have been suggested to play a role. We studied 258 …