Chemical contaminants in blood and their implications in chronic diseases

Y Zhang, Y Gao, QS Liu, Q Zhou, G Jiang - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Artificial chemical products are widely used and ubiquitous worldwide and pose a threat to
the environment and human health. Accumulating epidemiological and toxicological …

Linking prenatal environmental exposures to lifetime health with epigenome-wide association studies: state-of-the-science review and future recommendations

KM Bakulski, F Blostein, SJ London - Environmental health …, 2023 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: The prenatal environment influences lifetime health; epigenetic mechanisms
likely predominate. In 2016, the first international consortium paper on cigarette smoking …

Persistent β-Hexachlorocyclohexane Exposure Impacts Cellular Metabolism with a Specific Signature in Normal Human Melanocytes

F Papaccio, S Caputo, A Iorio, P De Simone… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Cutaneous melanoma arises from skin melanocytes and has a high risk of
metastatic spread. Despite better prevention, earlier detection, and the development of …

Breast Cancer Exposomics

AN Neagu, T Jayaweera, L Corrice, K Johnson… - Life, 2024 - mdpi.com
We are exposed to a mixture of environmental man-made and natural xenobiotics. We
experience a wide spectrum of environmental exposure in our lifetime, including the effects …

[HTML][HTML] Personalized mixture toxicity testing: A proof-of-principle in vitro study to evaluate the steroidogenic effects of reconstructed contaminant mixtures measured in …

D Strand, B Lundgren, IA Bergdahl, JW Martin… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Chemical risk assessments generally focus on single substances, overlooking real-world co-
exposures to chemical mixtures. Mixture toxicology studies with representative mixtures can …

Sex, Nutrition, and NAFLD: Relevance of environmental pollution

A Dolce, S Della Torre - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common form of chronic liver disease
and represents an increasing public health issue given the limited treatment options and its …

[HTML][HTML] Indoor environment, physiological factors, and diet as predictors of halogenated flame retardant levels in stool and plasma of children from a Canadian cohort

G Martinez, J Zhu, L Takser, AA Baccarelli… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Exposure to halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) has been associated with various
adverse effects on human health. Human exposure to HFRs mainly occurs through diet …

Cortisol and epinephrine alter the adipose functions and the mobilization of PCBs in adipose tissue slices from elephant seal

L Pirard, JI Khudyakov, DE Crocker… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Marine mammals are exposed to increasing intensities of anthropogenic stressors such as
acoustic disturbance and contaminants. Correlative studies have suggested concerning …

Exposure to 4, 4′‐DDE in visceral adipose tissue and weight loss in adolescents from the Teen‐LABS cohort

B Rubbo, Z Li, P Tachachartvanich, BO Baumert… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), an obesogen accumulating in adipose
tissue, is released into circulation with weight loss, although its impact is underexplored …

Persistent Organic Pollutants released from decomposed adipose tissue affect mitochondrial enzyme function in the brain and eyes other than the liver

D Yang, E Ko, H Lim, H Lee, K Kim, M Choi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that can accumulate in the human
body, and particularly in adipose tissue. POPs can induce metabolic diseases via …