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Annals of Human Biology, 2023 Context Humans are now exposed to a multitude of chemicals throughout the life course, some of which may affect growth and development owing to their endocrine-like activity.
Lawrence M. Schell, Casey N. West
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Cells, 2022 In pregnant women, the lungs, skin and placenta are exposed daily to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). EDCs induce multiple adverse effects, not only on endocrine organs, but also on non-endocrine organs, with the P2X7 cell death receptor being ...
Sophie Fouyet +4 more
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Childhood obesity and endocrine disrupting chemicals [PDF]
Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2017 The prevalence of obesity around the world has increased sharply. Strong evidence has emerged over the last decades that human exposure to numerous endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) is the cause of obesity and obesity-related metabolic diseases. Many
Jin Taek Kim, Hong Kyu Lee
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Relationship between endocrine disruptors and obesity with a focus on bisphenol A: a narrative review [PDF]
BioImpacts, 2021 Introduction: Scientific data suggest that early exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) affect -repro, -neuro, -metabolic systems, to which are added other notions such as mixtures, window and duration of exposure, trans-generational effects ...
Sofiane Boudalia +4 more
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Research, 2021 Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are widespread environmental chemicals that are often considered as risk factors with weak activity on the hormone-dependent process of pregnancy.
Hemi Luan +9 more
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Environment International, 2023 Due to its sensitivity to hormonal signaling, the mammary gland is often referred to as a sentinel organ for the study of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), environmental pollutants that can interfere with the estrogen signaling pathway and induce ...
Aurélie Lacouture +6 more
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Evidence of the Possible Harm of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Humans: Ongoing Debates and Key Issues [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2018 Evidence has emerged that endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can produce adverse effects, even at low doses that are assumed safe. However, systemic reviews and meta-analyses focusing on human studies, especially of EDCs with short half-lives, have ...
Duk-Hee Lee
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Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Role in Drug Abuser: A Review Study
International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, 2020 Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) are exogenous chemicals that influence many aspects of natural hormone actions. Bisphenol is used in the industry, for increasing the thickness and durability of materials in certain plastics and resins.
Idha Arfianti Wiraagni +3 more
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Can probiotics win the battle against environmental endocrine disruptors? [PDF]
Arhiv za farmaciju, 2021 Compounds that have negative effects on the endocrine system are called endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs). There are several different types of compounds, with several different usage areas in the environment, which can be classified as EDCs.
Sevim Çiğdem, Kara Mehtap
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are prevalent and ubiquitous in our environment and have substantial potential to compromise human and animal health.
John E. Schjenken +6 more
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