Frederica P. Perera
Columbia University
416 Papers
3.3K Citations
Frederica P. Perera is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Environmental exposure & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 95, co-authored 389 publications. Previous affiliations of Frederica P. Perera include Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai & Natural Resources Defense Council.
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Papers
Predictors and consequences of global DNA methylation in cord blood and at three years
Julie B. Herbstman,Shuang Wang,Frederica P. Perera,Sally Ann Lederman,Julia Vishnevetsky,Andrew Rundle,Lori Hoepner,Lirong Qu,Deliang Tang +8 more
- 19 Sep 2013
TL;DR: This data indicates that methylation changes in DNA have been implicated in many common chronic diseases leading to the hypothesis that environmental and age-related methylationChanges within individuals are invoices for these diseases.
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Children's Environmental Health Research--Highlights from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health
Frederica P. Perera,Sheila Viswanathan,Robin M. Whyatt,Deliang Tang,Rachel L. Miller,Virginia Rauh +5 more
TL;DR: The recent findings from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health projects are summarized in the context of current research in children's environmental health.
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Prenatal allergen and diesel exhaust exposure and their effects on allergy in adult offspring mice
Lin Corson,Huaijie Zhu,Chunli Quan,Gabriele Grunig,Gabriele Grunig,Manisha Ballaney,Ximei Jin,Frederica P. Perera,Lung Chi Chen,Rachel L. Miller,Rachel L. Miller +10 more
TL;DR: Adult offspring from mice that were exposed to A. fumigatus or diesel exhaust particles during pregnancy experienced decreases in IgE production and decreases in airway eosinophilia, suggesting protection from developing systemic and airway allergic immune responses in the adult offspring.
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Immunohistochemical quantitation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adducts in human lymphocytes.
Grazyna Motykiewicz,Ewa Malusecka,Ewa Grzybowska,Mieczyslaw Chorazy,Yu-Jing Zhang,Frederica P. Perera,Regina M. Santella +6 more
TL;DR: The immunohistochemical method allows visualization and relative quantitation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adducts in individual lymphocytes inindividual lymphocytes and indicates that this technique is a promising addition to biomonitoring studies.
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A cytogenetic study of men environmentally and occupationally exposed to airborne pollutants.
TL;DR: This study demonstrates the usefulness of all 4 biomarkers (SCE, HFC, CA and PRI) in monitoring populations exposed to ambient pollution and clearly indicates effects from residential as well as occupational exposure to industrial air pollutants.
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