“…Similarly, OGG1‐deficient progeny exhibited more severe, sex‐dependent embryopathies when exposed to EtOH in whole embryo culture (Miller‐Pinsler & Wells, ), compared to EtOH‐exposed +/+ littermates, which were also protected by PBN pretreatment, providing the most direct evidence to date that oxidatively damaged DNA, as distinct from altered ROS‐mediated signal transduction, may play a pathogenic role in FASD. Although the role of OGG1 in neurodevelopmental abnormalities in humans is currently not known, various OGG1 polymorphisms (Figure ), in particular Ser326Cys, have been associated with an increase in risk for a variety of cancers (Ali, Mahjabeen, Sabir, Mehmood, & Kayani, ; Peng et al, ; Zhou, Li, Ji, Wang, & Gao, ), with respective reductions in OGG1 activity of 14% in heterozygous (Ser/Cys) and 20% in homozygous (Cys/Cys) subjects (Simonelli et al, ; Weiss, Goode, Ladiges, & Ulrich, ), and a further decrease in activity in vitro under oxidizing conditions (Kershaw & Hodges, ; Lee, Hodges, & Chipman, ; Simonelli et al, ). This suggests that individuals with the Cys/Cys polymorphism may be more susceptible to oxidative stress‐induced pathologies.…”