Molecular and biochemical evidence on the role of zearalenone in rat polycystic ovary

N Abbasian, S Momtaz, M Baeeri, M Navaei-Nigjeh… - Toxicon, 2018 - Elsevier
Globally, food and animal feed contamination with mycotoxins is one of the most important
challenges affecting human health. Zearalenone is a non-steroidal mycotoxin with estrogen …

[HTML][HTML] Gestational zearalenone exposure causes reproductive and developmental toxicity in pregnant rats and female offspring

X Gao, L Sun, N Zhang, C Li, J Zhang, Z Xiao, D Qi - Toxins, 2017 - mdpi.com
Zearalenone (ZEN) is an oestrogenic mycotoxin commonly found in food and feed products
and can affect reproduction and development in both humans and animals. This study …

Effect of low-dose zearalenone exposure on reproductive capacity of male mice

J Pang, Q Zhou, X Sun, L Li, B Zhou, F Zeng… - Toxicology and applied …, 2017 - Elsevier
Zearalenone (ZEA), a kind of nonsteroidal mycotoxin with estrogenic effects, can influence
animal reproductive capacity through interfering with estrogen signaling pathway. Previous …

Zearalenone exposure elevated the expression of tumorigenesis genes in mouse ovarian granulosa cells

RQ Zhang, XF Sun, RY Wu, SF Cheng… - Toxicology and applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
Zearalenone (ZEA) is one of mycotoxins which are from corn, sorghum and wheat. As an
estrogenic compound, ZEA mainly affects animal growth and reproduction with causing …

[HTML][HTML] Male reproductive toxicity of zearalenone—meta-analysis with mechanism review

L Li, T Zhang, X Ren, B Li, S Wang - Ecotoxicology and Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Zearalenone (ZEA) is an oestrogen-like mycotoxin produced by Fusarium fungi, which has a
considerable impact on human and animal health and results in substantial economic …

[HTML][HTML] Zearalenone and reproductive function in farm animals

F Minervini, ME Dell'Aquila - International journal of molecular sciences, 2008 - mdpi.com
Farm animals are exposed to zearalenone through the feed because of the widespread
occurrence of this mycotoxin in cereals and clinical reproductive disorders due to mycotoxin …

Zearalenone as an endocrine disruptor in humans

K Kowalska, DE Habrowska-Górczyńska… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Zearalenone (ZEA), a fungal mycotoxin, is present in a wide range of human foods. Many
animal studies have found ZEA to possess a disruptive effect on the hormonal balance …

Responses of oxidative stress and inflammatory cytokines after zearalenone exposure in human kidney cells

EF Karaman, I Ariman, S Ozden - World Mycotoxin …, 2020 - wageningenacademic.com
Zearalenone is a mycotoxin widely found worldwide that is produced by several fungal
species. Due to its similarity to estradiol, it has been shown to have toxic effects on the …

Zearalenone exposure impairs ovarian primordial follicle formation via down-regulation of Lhx8 expression in vitro

GL Zhang, XF Sun, YZ Feng, B Li, YP Li, F Yang… - Toxicology and applied …, 2017 - Elsevier
Zearalenone (ZEA) is an estrogenic mycotoxin mainly produced as a secondary metabolite
by numerous species of Fusarium. Previous work showed that ZEA had a negative impact …

Differentiation of sow and mouse ovarian granulosa cells exposed to zearalenone in vitro using RNA-seq gene expression

GL Zhang, JL Song, Y Zhou, RQ Zhang… - Toxicology and applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
Zearalenone (ZEA), a natural contaminant found in feed, has been shown to have a
negative impact on domestic animal reproduction, particularly in pigs. There are species …