Female sexual maturation and reproduction after prepubertal exposure to estrogens and endocrine disrupting chemicals: a review of rodent and human data

Rasier, G; Toppari, J; Parent, AS; Bourguignon, JP

HERO ID

1414747

Reference Type

Journal Article

Subtype

Review

Year

2006

Language

English

PMID

16720078

HERO ID 1414747
Material Type Review
In Press No
Year 2006
Title Female sexual maturation and reproduction after prepubertal exposure to estrogens and endocrine disrupting chemicals: a review of rodent and human data
Authors Rasier, G; Toppari, J; Parent, AS; Bourguignon, JP
Journal Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
Volume 254-255
Page Numbers 187-201
Abstract Natural hormones and some synthetic chemicals spread into our surrounding environment share the capacity to interact with hormone action and metabolism. Exposure to such compounds can cause a variety of developmental and reproductive detrimental abnormalities in wildlife species and, potentially, in human. Many experimental and epidemiological data have reported that exposure of the developing fetus or neonate to environmentally relevant concentrations of some among these endocrine disrupters induces morphological, biochemical and/or physiological disorders in brain and reproductive organs, by interfering with the hormone actions. The impact of such exposures on the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis and subsequent sexual maturation is the subject of the present review. We will highlight epidemiological human studies and the effects of early exposure during gestational, perinatal or postnatal life in female rodents.
Doi 10.1016/j.mce.2006.04.002
Pmid 16720078
Wosid WOS:000239616900026
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Language Text English
Keyword female puberty; endocrine disrupters