Xenoandrogenic Activity in Serum Differs across European and Inuit Populations
Author(s) -
Tanja Krüger,
Philip S. Hjelmborg,
Bo Jönsson,
Lars Hagmar,
Aleksander Giwercman,
Gian Carlo Manicardi,
Davide Bizzaro,
Marcello Spanò,
Anna RignellHydbom,
Henning Sloth Pedersen,
Gunnar Toft,
Jens Peter Bonde,
Eva Cecilie BonefeldJørgensen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.9353
Subject(s) - hormone , androgen receptor , medicine , endocrinology , endogeny , agonist , biology , chemistry , physiology , receptor , prostate cancer , cancer
Animal and in vitro studies have indicated that human male reproductive disorders can arise as a result of disrupted androgen receptor (AR) signalling by persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Our aim in the present study was to compare serum xenoandrogenic activity between study groups with different POP exposures and to evaluate correlations to the POP proxy markers 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (CB-153) and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethylene (p,p'-DDE).
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