ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2018
Use of a Mouse Model of Experimentally Induced Endometriosis to Evaluate and Compare the Effects of Bisphenol A and Bisphenol AF Exposure.
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- WERF Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonisation Project for Experimental Models in Endometriosis Research (EPHect-EM-Homologous): homologous rodent models.Molecular human reproduction · 2025Pooled it
- Associations between Exposure to Organochlorine Chemicals and Endometriosis: A Systematic Review of Experimental Studies and Integration of Epidemiological Evidence.Environmental health perspectives · 2021Pooled it
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- Pathophysiologically relevant bisphenol S exposure accelerates aging by disrupting brown adipose tissue-regulated energy metabolism.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Multi-miRNAs-Mediated Hepatic Lepr Axis Suppression: A Pparg-Dicer1 Pathway-Driven Mechanism in Spermatogenesis for the Intergenerational Transmission of Paternal Metabolic Syndrome.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
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- Upregulated let-7 expression in the follicular fluid of patients with endometriomas leads to dysfunction of granulosa cells through targeting of IGF1R.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- The impact of Bisphenol-A on human reproductive health.Toxicology reports · 2024Review
- Impact of Bisphenol A and its alternatives on oocyte health: a scoping review.Human reproduction update · 2024Article
- Environmental factors affecting female fertility.Endocrine · 2024Review
- Invisible Hand behind Female Reproductive Disorders: Bisphenols, Recent Evidence and Future Perspectives.Toxics · 2023Review
- Endometriosis as a highly relevant yet neglected gynecologic condition in Asian women.Endocrine connections · 2023Review
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- Endometriosis: Update of Pathophysiology, (Epi) Genetic and Environmental Involvement.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Bisphenol S Increases Cell Number and Stimulates Migration of Endometrial Epithelial Cells.Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies · 2023Article
- The adverse role of endocrine disrupting chemicals in the reproductive system.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
- Impact of bisphenol-A on the spliceosome and meiosis of sperm in the testis of adolescent mice.BMC veterinary research · 2022Article
- The impact of bisphenol A on the placenta†.Biology of reproduction · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundEndometriosis is a gynecological disease affecting 1 in 10 women of reproductive age. Endometriosis incidence has risen; however, whether this rise is due to disease awareness or environmental contamination is not known.
objectiveThe objective of this study was to determine if bisphenol A (BPA) or bisphenol AF (BPAF) potentiate the development of endometriosis and if hormonal status alters how toxicant exposure affects disease.
methodsA mouse model of endometriosis, where minced uterine tissue is injected into the peritoneal cavity of a host mouse, was used to examine the effects of BPA and BPAF on endometriosis lesion development in ovariectomized and hormonally intact mice. BPA and BPAF were delivered through diet to include no-observed-adverse-effect-level (NOAEL) and the low-observed-adverse-effect-level (LOAEL) exposure levels. After six weeks (at necropsy), lesions, ovaries, and blood were collected to examine characteristics, gene expression, and hormonal regulation.
resultsBPA and BPAF treatments affected endometriosis in a manner specific to dose and hormonal status of the host mouse. Estrogen and endometriosis-mediated differences in lesion target gene expression also depended on hormonal status. In intact mice, ovarian steroidogenic pathways were disrupted, progesterone levels were lowered, and atretic oocyte numbers were higher with toxicant exposure. BPAF, more so than BPA, resulted in more endometriosis lesion growth, but both toxicants disrupted normal ovarian signaling.
conclusionThese findings further our understanding of the effects and hormonal impacts of BPA and BPAF on endometriosis perturbation in ovariectomized and hormonally intact mice. BPAF appeared to be similar if not more estrogenic than BPA and may be affecting an environmental contribution of the increased incidence of endometriosis. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP3802.
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