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ReviewReproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.)2015

Estrogens in the wrong place at the wrong time: Fetal BPA exposure and mammary cancer.

Tessie Paulose, Lucia Speroni, Carlos Sonnenschein, Ana M Soto

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In one paragraph

Review in Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05780047 (Personalized Mobile Intervention to Reduce Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals), which is not on this map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT05780047 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Personalized Mobile Intervention to Reduce Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) in Women of Child-Bearing Age and Their Partners

TypeinterventionalSponsorMillion Marker Wellness, Inc.Ran2022 to 2022Enrolled434ConditionsEndocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Environmental Exposure, Health Literacy, Bisphenol AArmsMail-in Urine Test for EDCs
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Endocrine disruptors and children's health.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2025
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  13. From Wingspread to CLARITY: a personal trajectory.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2021
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tessie PauloseDepartment of Integrative Physiology and Pathobiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, United States. Electronic address: Tessie.Paulose@tufts.edu.
Lucia SperoniDepartment of Integrative Physiology and Pathobiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, United States. Electronic address: Lucia.Speroni@tufts.edu.
Carlos SonnenscheinDepartment of Integrative Physiology and Pathobiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, United States. Electronic address: Carlos.Sonnenschein@tufts.edu.
Ana M SotoDepartment of Integrative Physiology and Pathobiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, United States. Electronic address: Ana.Soto@tufts.edu.
Tufts University · US

Funding

Mechanisms of developmental toxicity of Bisphenol-AR01ES008314 · NIEHS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI SOTO, ANA · 1996 to 2016
$6.8M
Does breast cancer start in the womb? BPA, mammogenesis and neoplasiaRC2ES018822 · NIEHS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI SOTO, ANA · 2009 to 2010
$1.9M
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES008314NIEHS NIH HHS R01ES08314NIEHS NIH HHS RC2 ES018822NIEHS NIH HHS RC2ES018822
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Iatrogenic gestational exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) induced alterations of the genital tract and predisposed individuals to develop clear cell carcinoma of the vagina as well as breast cancer later in life. Gestational exposure of rodents to a related compound, the xenoestrogen bisphenol-A (BPA) increases the propensity to develop mammary cancer during adulthood, long after cessation of exposure. Exposure to BPA during gestation induces morphological alterations in both the stroma and the epithelium of the fetal mammary gland at 18 days of age. We postulate that the primary target of BPA is the fetal stroma, the only mammary tissue expressing estrogen receptors during fetal life. BPA would then alter the reciprocal stroma-epithelial interactions that mediate mammogenesis. In addition to this direct effect on the mammary gland, BPA is postulated to affect the hypothalamus and thus in turn affect the regulation of mammotropic hormones at puberty and beyond.

Indexed as

Prenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsAge FactorsAnimalsBenzhydryl CompoundsBisphenol A CompoundsBreast NeoplasmsCell CommunicationCell Transformation, NeoplasticDose-Response Relationship, DrugEndocrine DisruptorsEpithelial CellsEstrogensFemaleGestational AgeHumansHypothalamusBenzhydryl Compoundsbisphenol ABisphenol A CompoundsEndocrine DisruptorsEstrogensPhenolsEndocrine disruptorsEnvironmental exposureFetal mammary glandMammary gland developmentPrenatal exposureXenoestrogens

Identifiers

PMID25277313
PMCPMC4379137
OpenAlexW2053279868

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