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ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2021

Assessing Indoor Dust Interference with Human Nuclear Hormone Receptors in Cell-Based Luciferase Reporter Assays.

Anna S Young, Thomas Zoeller, Russ Hauser, Tamarra James-Todd, Brent A Coull, Peter A Behnisch, Abraham Brouwer, Hongkai Zhu, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Joseph G Allen

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Article in Environmental health perspectives, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Anna S YoungDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Thomas ZoellerDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Russ HauserDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Tamarra James-ToddDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Brent A CoullDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Peter A BehnischBioDetection Systems, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Abraham BrouwerBioDetection Systems, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Hongkai ZhuDepartment of Pediatrics and Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Kurunthachalam KannanDepartment of Pediatrics and Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Joseph G AllenDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard University · USBioDetection Systems (Netherlands) · NLNew York University · USUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst · US

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES000002 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI SUSAN A KORRICK · 1985 to 2026
$44.6M
The HSPH Education and Research Center of Occupational Safety and HealthT42OH008416 · OH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI CHRISTIANI, DAVID C · 2005 to 2025
$30.5M
Training Program in Environmental EpidemiologyT32ES007069 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI LADEN, FRANCINE · 1985 to 2024
$13.9M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES000002NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007069NIOSH CDC HHS T42 OH008416
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), organophosphate esters (OPEs), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are hormone-disrupting chemicals that migrate from building materials into air and dust.

objectivesWe aimed to quantify the hormonal activities of 46 dust samples and identify chemicals driving the observed activities.

methodsWe evaluated associations between hormonal activities of extracted dust in five cell-based luciferase reporter assays and dust concentrations of 42 measured PFAS, OPEs, and PBDEs, transformed as either raw or potency-weighted concentrations based on Tox21 high-throughput screening data.

resultsAll dust samples were hormonally active, showing antagonistic activity toward peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ( DISCUSSION: All indoor dust samples exhibited hormonal activities, which were associated with PFAS, PBDE, and OPE levels. Reporter gene cell-based assays are relatively inexpensive, health-relevant evaluations of toxic loads of chemical mixtures that building occupants are exposed to. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP8054.

Indexed as

Air Pollution, IndoorFlame RetardantsDustHalogenated Diphenyl EthersHumansLuciferasesReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearDustFlame RetardantsHalogenated Diphenyl EthersLuciferasesReceptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear

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PMID33851871
PMCPMC8045486
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