Policy: NIH to balance sex in cell and animal studies

Sex bias in neuroscience and biomedical research

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Policy: NIH plans to enhance reproducibility

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A call for transparent reporting to optimize the predictive value of preclinical research

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Strategies and Methods for Research on Sex Differences in Brain and Behavior

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Female mice liberated for inclusion in neuroscience and biomedical research

Prendergast, B. J., Onishi, K. G., & Zucker, I. (2014) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.01.001 · Cited by 788

Males still dominate animal studies

Zucker, I., & Beery, A. K. (2010) · Nature · doi:10.1038/465690a · Cited by 487

Gender differences in drug responses

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The case for the inclusion of female subjects in basic science studies of pain

Mogil, J. S., & Chanda, M. L. (2005) · Pain · doi:10.1016/j.pain.2005.06.020 · Cited by 376

Innate Gender-based Proclivity in Response to Cytotoxicity and Programmed Cell Death Pathway

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The Number of X Chromosomes Causes Sex Differences in Adiposity in Mice

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Sex-differential heterologous (non-specific) effects of vaccines: an emerging public health issue that needs to be understood and exploited

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Tissue Concentrations of Vitamin K and Expression of Key Enzymes of Vitamin K Metabolism Are Influenced by Sex and Diet but Not Housing in C57Bl6 Mice

Harshman, S. G., Fu, X., Karl, J. P., Barger, K., Lamon‐Fava, S., Kuliopulos, A., Greenberg, A. S., Smith, D. E., Shen, X., & Booth, S. L. (2016) · Journal of Nutrition · doi:10.3945/jn.116.233130 · Cited by 30

Stem cell therapy for enhancement of bone consolidation in distraction osteogenesis

Yang, Y., Lin, S., Wang, B., Gu, W., & Li, G. (2017) · Bone and Joint Research · doi:10.1302/2046-3758.66.bjr-2017-0023 · Cited by 30

Approaching Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Non-Coding RNA Research

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Interaction between sex and early-life stress: Influence on epileptogenesis and epilepsy comorbidities

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Prenatal ethanol exposure increases risk of psychostimulant addiction

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Modeling sports‐related mild traumatic brain injury in animals—A systematic review

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Sex‐Dependent Alcohol Instrumentalization Goals in Non‐Addicted Alcohol Consumers versus Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder: Longitudinal Change and Outcome Prediction

Müller, C. P., Mühle, C., Kornhuber, J., & Lenz, B. (2021) · Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research · doi:10.1111/acer.14550 · Cited by 30

NIH policy: Status quo is also costly

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Considering hormones as sex- and gender-related factors in biomedical research: Challenging false dichotomies and embracing complexity

Williams, J. S., Fattori, M. R., Honeyborne, I. R., & Ritz, S. A. (2023) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105442 · Cited by 34

Hyperexcitation of ovBNST CRF neurons during stress contributes to female-biased expression of anxiety-like avoidance behaviors

Zhang, N., Zhao, S., Ma, Y., Xiao, Z., Xue, B., Dong, Y., Wang, Q., Xu, H., Zhang, X., & Wang, Y. (2024) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.adk7636 · Cited by 27

Studying intramuscular fat deposition and muscle regeneration: insights from a comparative analysis of mouse strains, injury models, and sex differences

Norris, A. M., Fierman, K. E., Campbell, J., Pitale, R., Shahraj, M., & Kopinke, D. (2024) · Skeletal Muscle · doi:10.1186/s13395-024-00344-4 · Cited by 28

Effects of single housing on behavior, corticosterone level and body weight in male and female mice

Smolensky, I. V., Zajac-Bakri, K., Mallien, A. S., Gass, P., Guzman, R. G., & Inta, D. (2024) · Laboratory Animal Research · doi:10.1186/s42826-024-00221-7 · Cited by 31

The Sex Inclusive Research Framework to address sex bias in preclinical research proposals

Karp, N. A., Berdoy, M., Gray, K., Hunt, L., Jennings, M., Kerton, A., Leach, M., Tremoleda, J. L., Gledhill, J., Pearl, E. J., et al. (2025) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-025-58560-5 · Cited by 30

Genetic deletion of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase β (CaMKK β) or CaMK IV exacerbates stroke outcomes in ovariectomized (OVXed) female mice

Liu, L., McCullough, L. D., & Li, J. (2014) · BMC Neuroscience · doi:10.1186/s12868-014-0118-2 · Cited by 29

Subcutaneous meloxicam suspension pharmacokinetics in mice and dose considerations for postoperative analgesia

Chen, P. H., Boyd, K. L., Fickle, E. K., & Locuson, C. W. (2016) · Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics · doi:10.1111/jvp.12297 · Cited by 29

Induction of thermal and mechanical hypersensitivity by parathyroid hormone–related peptide through upregulation of TRPV1 function and trafficking

Mickle, A. D., Shepherd, A. J., Loo, L., & Mohapatra, D. P. (2015) · Pain · doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000224 · Cited by 29

Modeling Corticosteroid Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, Part II: Sex Differences in Methylprednisolone Pharmacokinetics and Corticosterone Suppression

Ayyar, V. S., DuBois, D. C., Nakamura, T., Almon, R. R., & Jusko, W. J. (2019) · Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics · doi:10.1124/jpet.119.257527 · Cited by 29

Hepatic gene expression variations in response to high-fat diet-induced impaired glucose tolerance using RNAseq analysis in collaborative cross mouse population

Atamni, H. J. A., Kontogianni, G., Binenbaum, I., Mott, R., Himmelbauer, H., Lehrach, H., Chatziioannou, A. A., & Iraqi, F. A. (2019) · Mammalian Genome · doi:10.1007/s00335-019-09816-1 · Cited by 30

Repetitive mild traumatic brain injury affects inflammation and excitotoxic mRNA expression at acute and chronic time-points

Hiskens, M. I., Schneiders, A. G., Vella, R. K., & Fenning, A. S. (2021) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0251315 · Cited by 32

Biomedical Researchers' Perceptions of the NIH's Sex as a Biological Variable Policy for Animal Research: Results from a U.S. National Survey

Waltz, M., Saylor, K. W., Fisher, J. A., & Walker, R. L. (2021) · Journal of Women s Health · doi:10.1089/jwh.2020.8997 · Cited by 29

Test-Retest Reliability of an Adaptive Thermal Pain Calibration Procedure in Healthy Volunteers

Amir, C., Rose-McCandlish, M., Weger, R., Dildine, T. C., Mischkowski, D., Necka, E. A., Lee, I., Wager, T. D., Pine, D. S., & Atlas, L. Y. (2022) · Journal of Pain · doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2022.01.011 · Cited by 28

The conversion of β-carotene to vitamin A in adipocytes drives the anti-obesogenic effects of β-carotene in mice

Coronel, J., Yu, J., Pilli, N. R., Kane, M. A., & Amengual, J. (2022) · Molecular Metabolism · doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2022.101640 · Cited by 31

The effects of resistance exercise on cocaine self-administration, muscle hypertrophy, and BDNF expression in the nucleus accumbens

Strickland, J. C., Abel, J. M., Lacy, R. T., Beckmann, J. S., Witte, M. A., Lynch, W. J., & Smith, M. A. (2016) · Drug and Alcohol Dependence · doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.04.019 · Cited by 32

Critical Evaluation of Animal Models of Gastrointestinal Disorders

Johnson, A. C., & Meerveld, B. G. (2017) · Handbook of experimental pharmacology · doi:10.1007/164_2016_120 · Cited by 29

Diminished gallbladder filling, increased fecal bile acids, and promotion of colon epithelial cell proliferation and neoplasia in fibroblast growth factor 15-deficient mice

Cheng, K., Metry, M., Felton, J. M., Shang, A. C., Drachenberg, C. B., Xu, S., Zhan, M., Schumacher, J. D., Guo, G. L., Polli, J. E., et al. (2018) · Oncotarget · doi:10.18632/oncotarget.25385 · Cited by 29

Do You Feel It Now? Route of Administration and Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol-Like Discriminative Stimulus Effects of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Mice

Wiley, J., Lefever, T., Glass, M., & Thomas, B. (2019) · Neurotoxicology · doi:10.1016/j.neuro.2019.04.002 · Cited by 26

Hormone-dependence of sarin lethality in rats: Sex differences and stage of the estrous cycle

Smith, C. D., Wright, L. K. M., Garcia, G. E., Lee, R. B., & Lumley, L. A. (2015) · Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology · doi:10.1016/j.taap.2015.06.010 · Cited by 29

Sex Reporting in Preclinical Microbiological and Immunological Research

Potluri, T., Engle, K., Fink, A. L., Steeg, L. G. V., & Klein, S. L. (2017) · mBio · doi:10.1128/mbio.01868-17 · Cited by 29

Research on Women's Health: Ready for the Future

Douthard, R. A., Whitten, L. A., & Clayton, J. A. (2022) · Journal of Women s Health · doi:10.1089/jwh.2022.0014 · Cited by 28

Sex differences in effectiveness and adverse effects of mood stabilizers and antipsychotics: A systematic review

Ercis, M., Sánchez-Ruiz, J. A., Webb, L. M., Solares‐Bravo, M., Betcher, H. K., Moore, K. M., Frye, M. A., Veldić, M., & Özerdem, A. (2024) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.038 · Cited by 28

Longitudinal investigation of neurobiological changes across pregnancy

Niu, Y., Conrad, B. N., Camacho, M. C., Ravi, S., Piersiak, H. A., Bailes, L. G., Barnett, W., Manhard, M. K., Cole, D. A., Clayton, E. W., et al. (2025) · Communications Biology · doi:10.1038/s42003-024-07414-9 · Cited by 30

The challenges for scientific publishing, 60 years on

Hausmann, L., & Murphy, S. P. (2016) · Journal of Neurochemistry · doi:10.1111/jnc.13550 · Cited by 28

Effective active vaccination against methamphetamine in female rats

Nguyen, J. D., Bremer, P. T., Hwang, C. S., Vandewater, S. A., Collins, K. C., Creehan, K. M., Janda, K. D., & Taffe, M. A. (2017) · Drug and Alcohol Dependence · doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.03.005 · Cited by 28

Estrous Cycle Monitoring in Mice with Rapid Data Visualization and Analysis

Pantier, L., Li, J., & Christian, C. A. (2019) · BIO-PROTOCOL · doi:10.21769/bioprotoc.3354 · Cited by 30

Impact of sex on diabetic nephropathy and the renal transcriptome in UNx db/db C57BLKS mice

Sembach, F. E., Fink, L. N., Johansen, T. T., Boland, B. B., Secher, T., Thrane, S. T., Nielsen, J. C., Fosgerau, K., Vrang, N., Jelsing, J., et al. (2019) · Physiological Reports · doi:10.14814/phy2.14333 · Cited by 27

Wistar rats and C57BL/6 mice differ in their motivation to seek social interaction versus food in the Social versus Food Preference Test

Reppucci, C. J., Brown, L. A., Chambers, A. Q., & Veenema, A. H. (2020) · Physiology & Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113162 · Cited by 28

Progesterone serum levels correlate negatively with craving in female postmenopausal in-patients with alcohol use disorder: A sex- and menopausal status-separated study

Weinland, C., Mühle, C., Kornhuber, J., & Lenz, B. (2021) · Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2021.110278 · Cited by 28

Support for the microgenderome invites enquiry into sex differences

Wallis, A., Butt, H., Ball, M., Lewis, D. P., & Bruck, D. (2016) · Gut Microbes · doi:10.1080/19490976.2016.1256524 · Cited by 31

Between mind and heart: Sex-based cognitive bias in cardiovascular disease treatment

Kentner, A. C., & Grace, S. L. (2017) · Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2017.02.002 · Cited by 29

X-Chromosome-Linked Mir548am-5p is a key regulator of sex disparity in the susceptibility to mitochondria-mediated apoptosis

Matarrese, P., Tieri, P., Anticoli, S., Ascione, B., Conte, M., Franceschi, C., Malorni, W., Salvioli, S., & Ruggieri, A. (2019) · Cell Death & Disease · doi:10.1038/s41419-019-1888-3 · Cited by 27

Developmental toxicant exposures and sex-specific effects on epigenetic programming and cardiovascular health across generations

Svoboda, L. K., Ishikawa, T., & Dolinoy, D. C. (2022) · Environmental Epigenetics · doi:10.1093/eep/dvac017 · Cited by 27

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Sexually Dimorphic Transcriptome and Type 2 Diabetes Genes in Mouse Islet β Cells

Liu, G., Li, Y., Zhang, T., Li, M., Li, S., He, Q., Liu, S., Xu, M., Xiao, T., Shao, Z., et al. (2021) · Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics · doi:10.1016/j.gpb.2021.07.004 · Cited by 30

MitoQuicLy: A high-throughput method for quantifying cell-free DNA from human plasma, serum, and saliva

Michelson, J., Rausser, S., Peng, A., Yu, T., Sturm, G., Trumpff, C., Kaufman, B. A., Rai, A. J., & Picard, M. A. (2023) · Mitochondrion · doi:10.1016/j.mito.2023.05.001 · Cited by 26

Sex hormones, sex chromosomes, and microbiota: identification of Akkermansia muciniphila as an estrogen-responsive bacterium

Sakamuri, A., Bardhan, P., Tummala, R., Mauvais‐Jarvis, F., Yang, T., Joe, B., & Ogola, B. O. (2023) · Microbiota and Host · doi:10.1530/mah-23-0010 · Cited by 29

Sex matters in preclinical research

Justice, M. J. (2024) · Disease Models & Mechanisms · doi:10.1242/dmm.050759 · Cited by 30

Whole genome sequencing of SIV-infected macaques identifies candidate loci that may contribute to host control of virus replication

Ericsen, A. J., Starrett, G. J., Greene, J., Lauck, M., Raveendran, M., Deiros, D. R., Mohns, M. S., Vince, N., Cain, B. T., Pham, N. H., et al. (2014) · Genome biology · doi:10.1186/s13059-014-0478-z · Cited by 25

Intrauterine growth restriction influences vascular remodeling and stiffening in the weanling rat more than sex or diet

Dodson, R. B., Miller, T. A., Powers, K. N., Yang, Y., Yu, B., Albertine, K. H., & Zinkhan, E. K. (2016) · American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology · doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00610.2016 · Cited by 27

Multi-Infarct Dementia: A Historical Perspective

McKay, E., & Counts, S. (2017) · Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra · doi:10.1159/000470836 · Cited by 27

Implementation Strategies for Gender-Sensitive Public Health Practice: A European Workshop

Oertelt‐Prigione, S., Dalibert, L., Verdonk, P., Stutz, E. Z., & Klinge, I. I. (2017) · Journal of Women s Health · doi:10.1089/jwh.2017.6592 · Cited by 27

Using a memory systems lens to view the effects of estrogens on cognition: Implications for human health

Korol, D. L., & Wang, W. (2017) · Physiology & Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.11.022 · Cited by 28

Replication Study: Systematic identification of genomic markers of drug sensitivity in cancer cells

Heuvel, J. P. V., Maddox, E., Maalouf, S. W., Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology, Iorns, E. J., Tsui, R., Denis, A., Perfito, N., & Errington, T. M. (2018) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.29747 · Cited by 27

Effect of Food and an Animal’s Sex on P-Glycoprotein Expression and Luminal Fluids in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Wistar Rats

Liu, D., Gavins, F. K. H., Mai, Y., Madla, C. M., Taherali, F., Orlu, M., Murdan, S., & Basit, A. W. (2020) · Pharmaceutics · doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics12040296 · Cited by 27

Biological sex, not reproductive cycle, influences peripheral blood immune cell prevalence in mice

Breznik, J. A., Schulz, C., Ma, J., Sloboda, D. M., & Bowdish, D. M. E. (2021) · The Journal of Physiology · doi:10.1113/jp280637 · Cited by 25

Influence of estrous cycle stage on acquisition and expression of fear conditioning in female rats

de Carvalho, M. C., Genaro, K., Leite‐Panissi, C. R. A., & Lovick, T. A. (2021) · Physiology & Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113372 · Cited by 25

A Framework for Developing Translationally Relevant Animal Models of Stress-Induced Changes in Eating Behavior

François, M., Fernández‐Gayol, O., & Zeltser, L. M. (2021) · Biological Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.06.020 · Cited by 29

Female sex in experimental traumatic brain injury research: forging a path forward

Thomas, T. C., Bromberg, C. E., & Krishna, G. (2021) · Neural Regeneration Research · doi:10.4103/1673-5374.316602 · Cited by 27

Machine learning to predict progression of non‐alcoholic fatty liver to non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis or fibrosis

Ghandian, S., Thapa, R., Garikipati, A., Barnes, G., Green‐Saxena, A., Calvert, J. S., Mao, Q., & Das, R. (2022) · JGH Open · doi:10.1002/jgh3.12716 · Cited by 28

Reasons for the Sex Bias in Osteoarthritis Research: A Review of Preclinical Studies

Franke, M., Mancino, C., & Taraballi, F. (2023) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms241210386 · Cited by 29

Polyphenol-Standardized Aphanamixis polystachya Leaf Extract Ameliorates Diabetes, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Fibrosis in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Shill, M. C., Rakib, A. A., Khan, S. I., Hossain, M., Alam, S., Hossain, H., Karmakar, U. K., Bhuia, M. S., Shahriar, M., Reza, H. M., et al. (2024) · Journal of Food Biochemistry · doi:10.1155/2024/9441968 · Cited by 28

Normative Preclinical Algesiometry Data on the von Frey and Radiant Heat Paw-Withdrawal Tests: An Analysis of Data from More Than 8,000 Mice Over 20 Years

Zumbusch, A. S., McEachern, E. L. F., Morgan, O. B., Nickner, E., & Mogil, J. S. (2024) · Journal of Pain · doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2024.01.333 · Cited by 27

Host Determinants of Expression of the Helicobacter pylori BabA Adhesin

Kable, M. E., Hansen, L. M., Styer, C. M., Deck, S. L., Rakhimova, O., Shevtsova, A. A., Eaton, K. A., Martín, M. E., Gideonsson, P., Borén, T., et al. (2017) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep46499 · Cited by 28

Sex and gender differences in cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases

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Dissociating retrieval-dependent contextual aversive memory processes in female rats: are there cycle-dependent differences?

Franzen, J. M., Giachero, M., & Bertoglio, L. J. (2019) · Neuroscience · doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.03.035 · Cited by 26

Ac-Trp-DPhe(p-I)-Arg-Trp-NH2, a 250-Fold Selective Melanocortin-4 Receptor (MC4R) Antagonist over the Melanocortin-3 Receptor (MC3R), Affects Energy Homeostasis in Male and Female Mice Differently

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Replication Study: Discovery and preclinical validation of drug indications using compendia of public gene expression data

Kandela, I. K., Aird, F., & Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology (2017) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.17044 · Cited by 26

Modeling Diet‐Induced Metabolic Syndrome in Rodents

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Gender-Related Differences in Chest Pain Syndromes in the Frontiers in CV Medicine Special Issue: Sex & Gender in CV Medicine

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Analysis of Female Participant Representation in Registered Oncology Clinical Trials in the United States from 2008 to 2020

Perera, N. D., Bellomo, T. R., Schmidt, W. M., Litt, H. K., Shyu, M., Stavins, M. A., Wang, M. M., Bell, A., Saleki, M., Wolf, K. I., et al. (2023) · The Oncologist · doi:10.1093/oncolo/oyad009 · Cited by 26

Comparison of Neurological Function in Males and Females from Two Substrains of C57BL/6 Mice

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Overview of genetic models of autism spectrum disorders

Patel, J., Lukkes, J. L., & Shekhar, A. (2018) · Progress in brain research · doi:10.1016/bs.pbr.2018.10.002 · Cited by 29

Sex Matters: Male Hamsters Are More Susceptible to Lethal Infection with Lower Doses of Pathogenic Leptospira than Female Hamsters

Gomes, C., Guedes, M. S., Potula, H.-H. S. K., Dellagostin, O. A., & Gomes-Solecki, M. J. C. (2018) · Infection and Immunity · doi:10.1128/iai.00369-18 · Cited by 29

The importance of sex differences in pharmacology research

Gogos, A., Langmead, C. J., Sullivan, J. C., & Lawrence, A. J. (2019) · British Journal of Pharmacology · doi:10.1111/bph.14819 · Cited by 26

Temperate Assumptions: How Where We Work Influences How We Think

Zuk, M. (2016) · The American Naturalist · doi:10.1086/687546 · Cited by 25

Effectiveness of online learning on health researcher capacity to appropriately integrate sex, gender, or both in grant proposals

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Towards the development of standardised sea turtle primary cell cultures for toxicity testing

Finlayson, K. A., Leusch, F. D. L., Limpus, C. J., & van de Merwe, J. P. (2019) · Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety · doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.01.117 · Cited by 25

Thermosensitive hydrogel designed for improving the antidepressant activities of genipin via intranasal delivery

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Advances in diet-induced rodent models of metabolically acquired peripheral neuropathy

Eid, S., & Feldman, E. L. (2021) · Disease Models & Mechanisms · doi:10.1242/dmm.049337 · Cited by 26

Rare EN1 Variants and Pediatric Bone Mass

Mitchell, J. A., Chesi, A., McCormack, S. E., Roy, S. M., Cousminer, D. L., Kalkwarf, H. J., Lappe, J. M., Gilsanz, V., Oberfield, S. E., Shepherd, J., et al. (2016) · Journal of Bone and Mineral Research · doi:10.1002/jbmr.2833 · Cited by 25

Environmental exposures during pregnancy: Mechanistic effects on immunity

Rychlik, K. A., & Sillé, F. C. M. (2019) · Birth Defects Research · doi:10.1002/bdr2.1469 · Cited by 26

Variation across Species and Levels: Implications for Model Species Research

Striedter, G. F. (2019) · Brain Behavior and Evolution · doi:10.1159/000499664 · Cited by 28

Epigenetic mechanisms in alcohol- and adversity-induced developmental origins of neurobehavioral functioning

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