Cadmium: Toxic effects on placental and embryonic development

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
Hui-Xia Geng, Lai Wang

Abstract

Cadmium is a non-essential trace metal that has strong teratogenic and mutagenic effects in living organisms. The content is more highly enriched in women than in men and can enter the embryo through the placenta and destroy the placenta's morphological structure, resulting in fetal growth restriction. In this report, we review published data linking pregnancy exposure to cadmium to placenta and fetal growth and development toxicity and summarize the related mechanisms. An understanding of how cadmium exposure contributes to placental and fetal development is necessary for the development of prevention and control strategies for fetal development defects caused by cadmium exposure during pregnancy.

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