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Prenatal DEHP exposure induces lifelong testicular toxicity by continuously interfering with steroidogenic gene expression

Total Environment Research Themes 2024 5 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Qigen Xie, Haiming Cao, Hanchao Liu, Kai Xia, Yong Gao, Chunhua Deng

Summary

Researchers found that prenatal exposure to DEHP, a common plasticizer, causes lasting testicular toxicity in males by persistently disrupting the expression of genes involved in steroid hormone production, suggesting a mechanistic link between early-life phthalate exposure and adult male reproductive disorders including potential accelerated reproductive aging.

Body Systems

Prenatal DEHP exposure induces lifelong testicular toxicity by continuously interfering with steroidogenic gene expression, thus indicating the association between prenatal exposure and DSD, adult male disorders, and reproductive aging.

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