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The association between brominated flame retardants and serum testosterone levels in American adult men: NHANES 2013–2016 [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundBrominated flame retardants (BFRs), especially polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), are commonly utilized, yet their possible endocrine-disrupting effects have sparked significant concerns.
Xin Li, Mutong Chen, Qing Zheng, Zixuan Wang, Zixuan Wang, Dini Lin, Dini Lin, Mengmeng Peng, Mengmeng Peng   +8 more
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A decrease in serum dihydrotestosterone levels in 9-year-old Vietnamese children from a dioxin exposure area [PDF]

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Background: Dioxin is an environmental pollutant as well as an endocrine disruptor in humans. Our longitudinal study wants to clarify the relationship between dioxin exposure and endocrine disorders in children living in the Vietnamese dioxin hotspot ...
Oanh Thi Phuong Nguyen, Seijiro Honma, Phuc Duc Hoang, Khanh Van Nguyen, Anh Thai Le, Shoji F. Nakayama, Manh Dung Ho, Viet Hoang Nguyen, Tung Van Dao, Nhu Duc Dang, Tan Thi Minh Ngo, Thuc Van Pham, Toan Van Ngo, Chi Van Vo, Hideaki Nakagawa, Teruhiko Kido   +15 more
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In silico prediction of nuclear receptor binding to polychlorinated dibenzofurans and its implication on endocrine disruption in humans and wildlife

Current Research in Toxicology, 2021
Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) are known to cause endocrine disruption in humans and wildlife but the mechanisms underlying this disruption have not been adequately investigated.
Lukman K. Akinola, Adamu Uzairu, Gideon A. Shallangwa, Stephen E. Abechi   +3 more
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Consequences of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Abuse in Males; Sexual and Reproductive Perspective

The World Journal of Men's Health, 2022
The real epidemiology and the possible consequences of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) use still represent a very tricky task due to the difficulties in the quantification and detection of these drugs.
Giovanni Corona, Giulia Rastrelli, Sara Marchiani, Sandra Filippi, Annamaria Morelli, Erica Sarchielli, Alessandra Sforza, Linda Vignozzi, Mario Maggi   +8 more
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Effects of neural estrogen receptor beta deletion on social and mood-related behaviors and underlying mechanisms in male mice

Scientific Reports, 2020
Estradiol derived from neural aromatization of testosterone plays a key role in the organization and activation of neural structures underlying male behaviors.
Carlos Dombret, Lydie Naulé, Anne-Charlotte Trouillet, Caroline Parmentier, Hélène Hardin-Pouzet, Sakina Mhaouty-Kodja   +5 more
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Exploring the link between anabolic-androgenic steroids abuse for performance improvement and hepatocellular carcinoma: a literature review

Brazilian Journal of Oncology, 2018
Introduction: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) corresponds to 90% of primary malignant liver cell carcinomas and is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide.
Rafael Corrêa Coelho, Gustavo dos Santos Fernandes, Cinthya Sternberg   +2 more
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Teeth, sex, and testosterone: aging in the world's smallest primate.

PLoS ONE, 2014
Mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) are an exciting new primate model for understanding human aging and disease. In captivity, Microcebus murinus develops human-like ailments of old age after five years (e.g., neurodegeneration analogous to Alzheimer's ...
Sarah Zohdy, Brian D Gerber, Stacey Tecot, Marina B Blanco, Julia M Winchester, Patricia C Wright, Jukka Jernvall   +6 more
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Autism spectrum disorders, endocrine disrupting compounds, and heavy metals in amniotic fluid: a case-control study

Molecular Autism, 2019
Background Evidence has indicated that some non-inherited factors such as exposure to environmental pollutants are associated with neurodevelopment disorders like autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Manhai Long, Mandana Ghisari, Lisbeth Kjeldsen, Maria Wielsøe, Bent Nørgaard-Pedersen, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Morsi W. Abdallah, Eva C. Bonefeld-Jørgensen   +7 more
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POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS AND TESTOSTERONE: AGE AND CONGENER RELATED CORRELATION APPROACH IN HEAVILY EXPOSED MALES

Endocrine Regulations, 2010
It was aimed to evaluate some fundamental correlations of 15 individual PCB congeners and their sum with serum testosterone level in highly and long-term exposed males with special respect to minimize the interfering effect of age.A total of 834 males from eastern Slovakia (age range of 21-78 years; median, 75th and 90th percentile of 48, 54 and 58 ...
P, Langer, A, Kocan, B, Drobna, K, Susienkova, Z, Radikova, M, Huckova, R, Imrich, L, Ksinantova, I, Klimes   +8 more
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HFPO homologues, the novel alternatives to PFOA, impair male reproduction in mice through inducing mitochondrial dysfunction

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Hexafluoropropylene oxide (HFPO) homologues (HFPOs), presenting HFPO-dimeric acid (DA), HFPO-trimeric acid (TA) and HFPO-tetrameric acid (TeA), are emerging replacements for legacy perfluorooctanoic acid that are increasingly used for a variety of ...
Mei-Ling Le, Yi-Qi Wan, Jia-Yu Xue, Shi-Yi Deng, Bin-Hui Wang, Li-Hai Wu, Hou-Peng Wang, Yang-Yang Yuan, Xiao-Dong Kuang, Tao Luo, Da-Lei Zhang   +10 more
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