Early-life exposure to EDCs: role in childhood obesity and neurodevelopment

JM Braun - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2017 - nature.com
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) might increase the risk of childhood diseases by
disrupting hormone-mediated processes that are critical for growth and development during …

Liver 'organ on a chip'

CH Beckwitt, AM Clark, S Wheeler, DL Taylor… - Experimental cell …, 2018 - Elsevier
The liver plays critical roles in both homeostasis and pathology. It is the major site of drug
metabolism in the body and, as such, a common target for drug-induced toxicity and is …

Cytochrome P450 3A: ontogeny and drug disposition

SN de Wildt, GL Kearns, JS Leeder… - Clinical …, 1999 - Springer
The maturation of organ systems during fetal life and childhood exerts a profound effect on
drug disposition. The maturation of drug-metabolising enzymes is probably the predominant …

Molecular mechanisms underlying chemical liver injury

X Gu, JE Manautou - Expert reviews in molecular medicine, 2012 - cambridge.org
The liver is necessary for survival. Its strategic localisation, blood flow and prominent role in
the metabolism of xenobiotics render this organ particularly susceptible to injury by …

Ontogeny of hepatic transporters and drug-metabolizing enzymes in humans and in nonclinical species

BD Van Groen, J Nicolaï, AC Kuik… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
The liver represents a major eliminating and detoxifying organ, determining exposure to
endogenous compounds, drugs, and other xenobiotics. Drug transporters (DTs) and drug …

Trends in contraceptive prevalence rates in sub-Saharan Africa since the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning: results from repeated cross-sectional surveys

S Ahmed, Y Choi, JG Rimon, S Alzouma… - The Lancet Global …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) initiative, launched at the 2012
London Summit on Family Planning, aims to enable 120 million additional women to use …

Infantile internal and external exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides: a comparison of levels across various sources

H Zhang, Y Wang, H Zhu, S Lu, Y Wang… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Little is known about exposure of infants to neonicotinoid insecticides (NEOs). In this study,
concentrations of six parent NEOs (p-NEOs) and N-desmethyl-acetamiprid (N-dm-ACE) …

Systematic genetic and genomic analysis of cytochrome P450 enzyme activities in human liver

X Yang, B Zhang, C Molony, E Chudin, K Hao… - Genome …, 2010 - genome.cshlp.org
Liver cytochrome P450s (P450s) play critical roles in drug metabolism, toxicology, and
metabolic processes. Despite rapid progress in the understanding of these enzymes, a …

Evaluation of child/adult pharmacokinetic differences from a database derived from the therapeutic drug literature

G Ginsberg, D Hattis, B Sonawane, A Russ… - Toxicological …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Pharmacokinetics (PK) of xenobiotics can differ widely between children and adults due to
physiological differences and the immaturity of enzyme systems and clearance mechanisms …

Obesity and endocrine-disrupting chemicals

AA Amato, HB Wheeler, B Blumberg - Endocrine connections, 2021 - ec.bioscientifica.com
Obesity is now a worldwide pandemic. The usual explanation given for the prevalence of
obesity is that it results from consumption of a calorie dense diet coupled with physical …