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Endocrine Disruptors

open access: yesJournal for the Integrated Study of Dietary Habits, 1999
Numerous scientific publications have stirred a political debate about the impact of synthetic chemicals on the endocrine system of humans and animals. In an parliamentary inquiry, the Federal Government of Germany was requested to give its opinion on currently available information, to describe the measures taken so far and to outline the challenges ...
R. Kishi, H. Arito
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Bisphenol S Alters the Steroidome in the Preovulatory Follicle, Oviduct Fluid and Plasma in Ewes With Contrasted Metabolic Status

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
Bisphenol A (BPA), a plasticizer and endocrine disruptor, has been substituted by bisphenol S (BPS), a structural analogue that had already shown adverse effects on granulosa cell steroidogenesis.
Ophélie Téteau   +14 more
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Association of Urinary Bisphenols Concentration with Asthma in Korean Adolescents: Data from the Third Korean National Environmental Health Survey

open access: yesToxics, 2021
The effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on asthma have been reported in various in vitro, animal, and human epidemiologic studies. However, epidemiological studies on the effects of bisphenol S (BPS) and bisphenol F (BPF), which are substitutes of BPA, on ...
Kiook Baek   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Xenobiotic Compounds on Preeclampsia and Potential Mechanisms

open access: yesToxics, 2023
Preeclampsia (PE) refers to a disease with new hypertension and albuminuria or other end-organ damage after 20 weeks of pregnancy. As a major complication of pregnancy, PE can increase the morbidity and mortality of pregnant women and fetuses and cause ...
Miaoliang Wu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

BPA-Induced Deregulation of Epigenetic Patterns: Effects on Female Zebrafish Reproduction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Bisphenol A (BPA) is one of the commonest Endocrine Disruptor Compounds worldwide. It interferes with vertebrate reproduction, possibly by inducing deregulation of epigenetic mechanisms.
Carnevali, Oliana   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Developmental exposure to low doses of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane impairs proliferative response of thymic lymphocytes to Concanavalin A in rats

open access: yesHeliyon, 2020
The aim of the research was to study formation of thymic lymphocytes proliferative response to T cell mitogen Concanavalin A in 7, 42, and 70 days-old male Wistar rats developmentally exposed to low doses of endocrine disruptor ...
Nataliya V. Yaglova   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Endocrine disruptors: emerging health concerns

open access: yesBangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal, 2023
Abastract not available.
Shahjada Selim
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the carcinogenic potential of low-dose exposures to chemical mixtures in the environment: the challenge ahead. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Lifestyle factors are responsible for a considerable portion of cancer incidence worldwide, but credible estimates from the World Health Organization and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) suggest that the fraction of cancers ...
Ab Hamid, Hasiah   +173 more
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Characterization of atrazine-induced gonadal malformations in African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) and comparisons with effects of an androgen antagonist (cyproterone acetate) and exogenous estrogen (17beta-estradiol): Support for the demasculinization/feminization hypothesis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Atrazine is a potent endocrine disruptor that both chemically castrates and feminizes male amphibians. It depletes androgens in adult frogs and reduces androgen-dependent growth of the larynx in developing male larvae.
Collins, Atif   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Endocrine Disruptors and Obesity [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Obesity Reports, 2017
The purpose of this review was to summarise current evidence that some environmental chemicals may be able to interfere in the endocrine regulation of energy metabolism and adipose tissue structure.Recent findings demonstrate that such endocrine-disrupting chemicals, termed "obesogens", can promote adipogenesis and cause weight gain.
openaire   +3 more sources

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