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ReviewEnvironmental health perspectives1999

Screening methods for thyroid hormone disruptors.

M DeVito, L Biegel, A Brouwer, S Brown, F Brucker-Davis, A O Cheek, R Christensen, T Colborn, P Cooke, J Crissman and 14 more

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Review in Environmental health perspectives, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 167 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. In vitro screening for chemical inhibition of the iodide recycling enzyme, iodotyrosine deiodinase.Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA · 2021
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  5. Development of an In Vitro Human Thyroid Microtissue Model for Chemical Screening.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2020
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  13. Screening the ToxCast Phase 1 Chemical Library for Inhibition of Deiodinase Type 1 Activity.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2018
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  15. A Preliminary Link between Hydroxylated Metabolites of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Free Thyroxin in Humans.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M DeVitoNational Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
L Biegel
A Brouwer
S Brown
F Brucker-Davis
A O Cheek
R Christensen
T Colborn
P Cooke
J Crissman
K Crofton
D Doerge
E Gray
P Hauser
P Hurley
M Kohn
J Lazar
S McMaster
M McClain
E McConnell
C Meier
R Miller
J Tietge
R Tyl
Environmental Protection Agency · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The U.S. Congress has passed legislation requiring the EPA to implement screening tests for identifying endocrine-disrupting chemicals. A series of workshops was sponsored by the EPA, the Chemical Manufacturers Association, and the World Wildlife Fund; one workshop focused on screens for chemicals that alter thyroid hormone function and homeostasis. Participants at this meeting identified and examined methods to detect alterations in thyroid hormone synthesis, transport, and catabolism. In addition, some methods to detect chemicals that bind to the thyroid hormone receptors acting as either agonists or antagonists were also identified. Screening methods used in mammals as well as other vertebrate classes were examined. There was a general consensus that all known chemicals which interfere with thyroid hormone function and homeostasis act by either inhibiting synthesis, altering serum transport proteins, or by increasing catabolism of thyroid hormones. There are no direct data to support the assertion that certain environmental chemicals bind and activate the thyroid hormone receptors; further research is indicated. In light of this, screening methods should reflect known mechanisms of action. Most methods examined, albeit useful for mechanistic studies, were thought to be too specific and therefore would not be applicable for broad-based screening. Determination of serum thyroid hormone concentrations following chemical exposure in rodents was thought to be a reasonable initial screen. Concurrent histologic evaluation of the thyroid would strengthen this screen. Similar methods in teleosts may be useful as screens, but would require indicators of tissue production of thyroid hormones. The use of tadpole metamorphosis as a screen may also be useful; however, this method requires validation and standardization prior to use as a broad-based screen.

Indexed as

Mass ScreeningAnimalsAntithyroid AgentsBehavior, AnimalHomeostasisHumansMaleOrgan SizeSperm CountTestisThyroxineTriiodothyronineAntithyroid AgentsThyroxineTriiodothyronine

Identifiers

PMID10210697
PMCPMC1566416
OpenAlexW2332489276

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