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Vasantha Padmanabhan is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, focusing primarily on reproductive health and endocrinology. Their research spans multiple subfields including pediatrics, perinatology and child health, reproductive medicine, health toxicology and mutagenesis, public health, environmental and occupational health, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as birth, development, and health; effects and risks of endocrine-disrupting chemicals; ovarian function and disorders; reproductive biology and fertility; pregnancy and preeclampsia studies; toxic organic pollutants impact; and adipose tissue and metabolism.

Frequent co-authors of Vasantha Padmanabhan include Ariella Shikanov, Muraly Puttabyatappa, Molly B. Moravek, Michelle Bellingham, and Kelly M. Bakulski, reflecting consistent collaborative efforts in their research endeavors.

They have published in numerous venues, with a significant number of works appearing in the Journal of the Endocrine Society, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Endocrinology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Reproduction.

Selected recent papers highlight the scope and focus of their research:

  • Animal Models to Understand the Etiology and Pathophysiology of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, 2020, Endocrine Reviews
  • The Ovarian Stroma as a New Frontier, 2020, Reproduction
  • Praegnatio Perturbatio-Impact of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals, 2021, Endocrine Reviews
  • Associations Between Prenatal Urinary Biomarkers of Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth, 2022, JAMA Pediatrics
  • Impact of Exogenous Testosterone on Reproduction in Transgender Men, 2020, Endocrinology

Best Publications

  • Urinary, Circulating, and Tissue Biomonitoring Studies Indicate Widespread Exposure to Bisphenol A

    Laura N. Vandenberg;Ibrahim Chahoud;Jerrold J Heindel;Vasantha Padmanabhan

  • Delivery of insulin-like growth factor-I to the rat brain and spinal cord along olfactory and trigeminal pathways following intranasal administration.

    R.G. Thorne;G.J. Pronk;V. Padmanabhan;W.H. Frey;W.H. Frey

  • Bisphenol A and reproductive health: Update of experimental and human evidence, 2007-2013

    Jackye Peretz;Lisa Vrooman;William A. Ricke;Patricia A. Hunt

  • Polycystic ovary syndrome and its developmental origins

    Daniel A. Dumesic;David H. Abbott;Vasantha Padmanabhan

  • Follicle-Stimulating Isohormones: Characterization and Physiological Relevance

    Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre;A. Rees Midgley;Inese Z. Beitins;Inese Z. Beitins;Vasantha Padmanabhan

  • The Kisspeptin/Neurokinin B/Dynorphin (KNDy) Cell Population of the Arcuate Nucleus: Sex Differences and Effects of Prenatal Testosterone in Sheep

    Guanliang Cheng;Lique M. Coolen;Vasantha Padmanabhan;Robert L. Goodman

  • Maternal bisphenol-A levels at delivery: a looming problem?

    Vasantha Padmanabhan;Kristine Siefert;Scott Ransom;Timothy Johnson

  • Fetal Programming: Prenatal Testosterone Excess Leads to Fetal Growth Retardation and Postnatal Catch-Up Growth in Sheep

    Mohan Manikkam;Erica J. Crespi;Douglas D. Doop;Carol Herkimer

  • Animal models to understand the etiology and pathophysiology of polycystic ovary syndrome.

    Elisabet Stener-Victorin;Vasantha Padmanabhan;Kirsty A Walters;Rebecca E Campbell

  • Fetal Programming: Prenatal Testosterone Treatment Causes Intrauterine Growth Retardation, Reduces Ovarian Reserve and Increases Ovarian Follicular Recruitment

    Teresa Steckler;Jinrong Wang;Frank F. Bartol;Shyamal K. Roy

  • Sheep models of polycystic ovary syndrome phenotype.

    Vasantha Padmanabhan;Almudena Veiga-Lopez

  • Developmental Programming, a Pathway to Disease.

    Vasantha Padmanabhan;Rodolfo C. Cardoso;Muraly Puttabyatappa

  • Maturation of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal function in normal human fetuses: Circulating levels of gonadotropins, their common α-subunit and free testosterone, and discrepancy between immunological and biological activities of circulating follicle-stimulating hormone

    Paolo Beck-Peccoz;Vasantha Padmanabhan;Anna Maria Baggiani;Donatella Cortelazzi

  • Endocrine Alterations That Underlie Endotoxin-Induced Disruption of the Follicular Phase in Ewes

    Deborah F. Battaglia;Holly B. Krasa;Vasantha Padmanabhan;Catherine Viguié

  • Prenatal Programming of Reproductive Neuroendocrine Function: Fetal Androgen Exposure Produces Progressive Disruption of Reproductive Cycles in Sheep

    Rachel A. Birch;Vasantha Padmanabhan;Douglas L. Foster;William P. Unsworth

  • Net increase in stimulatory input resulting from a decrease in inhibin B and an increase in activin A may contribute in part to the rise in follicular phase follicle-stimulating hormone of aging cycling women.

    Nancy E Reame;Tammy L Wyman;David James Phillips;David M de Kretser

  • Postnatal developmental consequences of altered insulin sensitivity in female sheep treated prenatally with testosterone.

    Sergio E. Recabarren;Vasantha Padmanabhan;Ethel Codner;Alejandro Lobos

  • Polycystic ovary syndrome and oocyte developmental competence.

    Daniel A. Dumesic;Vasantha Padmanabhan;David H. Abbott

  • Developmental Programming: Differential Effects of Prenatal Testosterone and Dihydrotestosterone on Follicular Recruitment, Depletion of Follicular Reserve, and Ovarian Morphology in Sheep

    Peter Smith;Teresa L. Steckler;Almudena Veiga-Lopez;Vasantha Padmanabhan

  • Biomonitoring studies should be used by regulatory agencies to assess human exposure levels and safety of bisphenol A.

    Laura N. Vandenberg;Ibrahim Chahoud;Vasantha Padmanabhan;Francisco J.R. Paumgartten

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred J. Karsch
Fred J. Karsch University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Morton B. Brown
Morton B. Brown University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael N. Lehman
Michael N. Lehman Kent State University
Geoffrey E. Dahl
Geoffrey E. Dahl University of Florida
Robert C. Thompson
Robert C. Thompson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kurunthachalam Kannan
Kurunthachalam Kannan University at Albany, State University of New York
Lique M. Coolen
Lique M. Coolen Kent State University
David T. Mauger
David T. Mauger Pennsylvania State University
John D. Meeker
John D. Meeker University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Francis J. P. Ebling
Francis J. P. Ebling University of Nottingham

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