Bisphenol-A: Epigenetic reprogramming and effects on reproduction and behavior

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 7537-7561

  Mileva, Guergana ^a   Baker, Stephanie L ^a   Konkle, Anne T M ^a,b   Bielajew, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Bisphenol A; Endocrine disruptor; Epigenetics; Reproduction; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN; VINCLOZOLIN; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BREAST CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL FUNCTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPIGENETICS; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMPAIRED SYNAPTIC REMODELING; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; POLLUTION; PROGENY; PROSTATE CANCER; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXICOKINETICS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; NEOPLASM; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHENOLS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84905001393     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110707537     Document Type: Review

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