Heavy metals are naturally existing elements that have relatively high atomic weight and a
minimum density five times the density of water. Heavy metals have extensive applications …

Owing to advances in modern medicine, life expectancies are lengthening and leading to an
increase in the population of older individuals. The aging process leads to significant …

Artificial chemical products are widely used and ubiquitous worldwide and pose a threat to
the environment and human health. Accumulating epidemiological and toxicological …

Background The association between multiple metal concentrations and gestational
diabetes mellitus (GDM) is poorly understood. Methods A total of 776 women with GDM and …

Four most concerned heavy metal pollutants, arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury may
share common mechanisms to induce metabolic syndrome (MetS). However, recent studies …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death in Korea. Dyslipidemia,
characterized by the presence of abnormal lipid levels, has been suggested as an early …

Inflammation is a physiological event that protects tissues from infection and injury. Chronic
inflammation causes immune cell over activation and sustained release of inflammatory …

Methylmercury (MeHg), a long-lasting organic pollutant, is known to induce cytotoxic effects
in mammalian cells. Epidemiological studies have suggested that environmental exposure …

Mercury is a global pollutant that has been widely shown to adversely affect reproduction
and other endpoints related to fitness and health in birds, but almost nothing is known about …

The link between mixed heavy metals (mercury, lead, and cadmium), prediabetes, and type
2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), especially molecular mechanisms, is poorly understood. Thus …