SynthesisJournal of toxicology and environmental health. Part B, Critical reviews2018
Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) neurotoxicity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of animal evidence.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Has Regulatory Action Reduced Human Exposure to Flame Retardants?Environmental science & technology · 2023Pooled it
- Obesogens in Prostate Cancer: An Endocrine and Metabolic Threat.Current obesity reports · 2026Review
- Multi-Omics Integration Reveals PBDE-47 as an Environmental Risk Factor for Intracranial Aneurysm via F2R-Mediated Metabolic and Epigenetic Pathways.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Melatonin as an Alleviator in Decabromodiphenyl Ether-Induced Aberrant Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Synaptogenesis: The Role of Wnt7a.Biomolecules · 2025Article
- Neurotransmitter Systems Affected by PBDE Exposure: Insights from In Vivo and In Vitro Neurotoxicity Studies.Toxics · 2025Review
- Single-cell transcriptomics unveiled that early life BDE-99 exposure reprogrammed the gut-liver axis to promote a proinflammatory metabolic signature in male mice at late adulthood.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2024Article
- Update of the risk assessment of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in food.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2024Article
- Associations of prenatal exposure to a mixture of persistent organic pollutants with social traits and cognitive and adaptive function in early childhood: Findings from the EARLI study.Environmental research · 2023Article
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- A meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies on the hepatoxicity induced by polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in rats and mice.Current research in toxicology · 2023Article
- Maternal exposure to the environmental pollutant "BDE-47" impairs the postnatal development of rat cerebellar cortex by modulating neuronal proliferation, synaptogenesis, NGF and BDNF pathways.Histology and histopathology · 2022Article
- Understanding the mechanism of polybrominated diphenyl ethers reducing the anaerobic co-digestion efficiency of excess sludge and kitchen waste.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Article
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- Persistent autism-relevant behavioral phenotype and social neuropeptide alterations in female mice offspring induced by maternal transfer of PBDE congeners in the commercial mixture DE-71.Archives of toxicology · 2022Article
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- Neonatal Exposure to BPA, BDE-99, and PCB Produces Persistent Changes in Hepatic Transcriptome Associated With Gut Dysbiosis in Adult Mouse Livers.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2021Article
- Sex-specific Disruption of the Prairie Vole Hypothalamus by Developmental Exposure to a Flame Retardant Mixture.Endocrinology · 2021Article
- Do flame retardant concentrations change in dust after older upholstered furniture is replaced?Environment international · 2021Article
- Human Health and Ocean Pollution.Annals of global health · 2020Review
- Flame retardants and neurodevelopment: An updated review of epidemiological literature.Current epidemiology reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
A recent systematic review (SR) and meta-analysis of human studies found an association between prenatal serum polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) concentrations and a decrease in the IQ of children. A SR of experimental developmental animal PBDE-mediated neurotoxicity studies was performed in the present study. Outcomes assessed included measures related to learning, memory, and attention, which parallel the intelligence-related outcomes evaluated in the human studies SR. PubMed, Embase, and Toxline were searched for relevant experimental non-human mammalian studies. Evaluation of risk of bias (RoB) and overall body of evidence followed guidance developed by the National Toxicology Program. Animal studies using varying designs and outcomes were available for BDEs 47, 99, 153, 203, 206, and 209 and the technical mixture DE-71. Study reporting of methods and results was often incomplete leading to concerns regarding RoB. A meta-analysis of 6 Morris water maze studies showed evidence of a significant increase in last trial latency (effect size of 25.8 [CI, 20.3 to 31.2]) in PBDE-exposed animals with low heterogeneity. For most endpoints, there were unexplained inconsistencies across studies and no consistent evidence of a dose-response relationship. There is a "moderate" level of evidence that exposure to BDEs 47, 99, and 209 affects learning. For other PBDEs and other endpoints, the level of evidence was "low" or "very low". The meta-analysis led to stronger conclusions than that based upon a qualitative review of the evidence. The SR also identified RoB concerns that might be remedied by better study reporting.
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