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ArticleToxics2024

A Comparison of In Vitro Points of Departure with Human Blood Levels for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).

Richard S Judson, Doris Smith, Michael DeVito, John F Wambaugh, Barbara A Wetmore, Katie Paul Friedman, Grace Patlewicz, Russell S Thomas, Risa R Sayre, Jennifer H Olker and 5 more

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Article in Toxics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Richard S JudsonUS Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2348-9633
Doris SmithUS Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Michael DeVitoUS Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
John F WambaughUS Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4024-534X
Barbara A WetmoreUS Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6878-5348
Katie Paul FriedmanUS Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Grace PatlewiczUS Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3863-9689
Russell S ThomasUS Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Risa R SayreUS Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6173-8020
Jennifer H OlkerUS Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7877-4773
Sigmund DegitzUS Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Stephanie PadillaUS Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7310-3209
Joshua A HarrillUS Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4317-6391
Timothy ShaferUS Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Kelly E CarstensUS Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Environmental Protection Agency · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are widely used, and their fluorinated state contributes to unique uses and stability but also long half-lives in the environment and humans. PFAS have been shown to be toxic, leading to immunosuppression, cancer, and other adverse health outcomes. Only a small fraction of the PFAS in commerce have been evaluated for toxicity using in vivo tests, which leads to a need to prioritize which compounds to examine further. Here, we demonstrate a prioritization approach that combines human biomonitoring data (blood concentrations) with bioactivity data (concentrations at which bioactivity is observed in vitro) for 31 PFAS. The in vitro data are taken from a battery of cell-based assays, mostly run on human cells. The result is a Bioactive Concentration to Blood Concentration Ratio (BCBCR), similar to a margin of exposure (MoE). Chemicals with low BCBCR values could then be prioritized for further risk assessment. Using this method, two of the PFAS, PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic Acid) and PFOS (Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid), have BCBCR values < 1 for some populations. An additional 9 PFAS have BCBCR values < 100 for some populations. This study shows a promising approach to screening level risk assessments of compounds such as PFAS that are long-lived in humans and other species.

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biomonitoringchemical prioritizationin vitromargin of exposurePFAS

Identifiers

PMID38668494
PMCPMC11053643
OpenAlexW4393993952

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