ReviewCancers2022
Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of Poly- and Perfluoroalkylated Substances and Cancer.
Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 94 citations in OpenAlex.
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure and thyroid cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Toxicology letters · 2024Pooled it
- Inclusion Complexation of Native and Functionalized α-, β-, and γ-Cyclodextrins with PFAS: An Experimental and Molecular Simulation Study.The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2026Article
- Anatomic-Biologic Borderline Resectability Criteria Improve Recurrence Risk Stratification in Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Review
- Single versus mixed perfluorinated compound exposures and cardiovascular disease risk: mechanistic insights from cross-sectional data and molecular interactions.Archives of toxicology · 2026Article
- Toxicological Effects and Health Impacts of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Humans.Toxics · 2026Review
- Evaluation and Comparison of Three Common Methods for PFAS Extraction from Soybean Tissues.ACS agricultural science & technology · 2026Article
- Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) induces cytochrome P450 expression and enzymatic activity in well-differentiated primary human bronchial epithelial (HBE) cells.The Science of the total environment · 2026Article
- Structural insights into PFAS-β-lactoglobulin binding mechanism mediating PFAS toxicity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- An overview of the impact of PFAS on animals, humans, and the environment using a One Health approach.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2026Review
- Impact of PFAS exposure on lipid metabolic pathways: mechanisms and implicatins in carcinogenesis.Frontiers in toxicology · 2026Review
- Persistent organic pollutants and prostate cancer: multiple mechanisms and comprehensive control strategies.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- From environment to organs: individual and combined effects of MPs and PFAS on urinary system health.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Deciphering the role of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in prostate cancer: a multi-omics and computational toxicology approach.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Article
- The role of lipid metabolism and peroxisome proliferator activation in mediating pro-cancer phenotypes of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in testicular cancer.Environmental toxicology and pharmacology · 2025Article
- Epigenotoxicity: Decoding the epigenetic imprints of genotoxic agents and their implications for regulatory genetic toxicology.Environmental and molecular mutagenesis · 2025Review
- Models and challenges for studying forever chemicals and their impact on human health.Disease models & mechanisms · 2025Review
- Uncovering the Tumorigenic Blueprint of PFOS and PFOA Through Multi-Organ Transcriptomic Analysis of Biomarkers, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Targets.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Article
- Review
- Association of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances with Pan-Cancers Associated with Sex Hormones.Toxics · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Poly- and perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) are chemicals that persist and bioaccumulate in the environment and are found in nearly all human populations through several routes of exposure. Human occupational and community exposure to PFAS has been associated with several cancers, including cancers of the kidney, testis, prostate, and liver. While evidence suggests that PFAS are not directly mutagenic, many diverse mechanisms of carcinogenicity have been proposed. In this mini-review, we organize these mechanisms into three major proposed pathways of PFAS action-metabolism, endocrine disruption, and epigenetic perturbation-and discuss how these distinct but interdependent pathways may explain many of the proposed pro-carcinogenic effects of the PFAS class of environmental contaminants. Notably, each of the pathways is predicted to be highly sensitive to the dose and window of exposure which may, in part, explain the variable epidemiologic and experimental evidence linking PFAS and cancer. We highlight testicular and prostate cancer as models to validate this concept.
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