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ReviewToxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology2024

Effects of PFAS on human liver transporters: implications for health outcomes.

Ena Vujic, Stephen S Ferguson, Kim L R Brouwer

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Review in Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ena VujicCurriculum in Toxicology & Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-2783-6313
Stephen S FergusonDivision of Translational Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3172-8347
Kim L R BrouwerDivision of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1945-4929

Funding

TOXICOLOGYT32ES007126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ILONA JASPERS, Bernard E. Weissman · 1985 to 2026
$13.0M
Safe and Sustainable Alternatives Research ProgramZIAES103381 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI FERGUSON, STEPHEN · 2022 to 2025
$7.0M
Mechanisms of Altered Hepatic Transport: Impact on Drug TherapyR35GM122576 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KIM L.R. BROUWER · 2017 to 2026
$5.7M
NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007126NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122576NIH HHSNIH HHS R35 GM122576
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have become internationally recognized over the past three decades as persistent organic pollutants used in the production of various consumer and industrial goods. Research efforts continue to gauge the risk that historically used, and newly produced, PFAS may cause to human health. Numerous studies report toxic effects of PFAS on the human liver as well as increased serum cholesterol levels in adults. A major concern with PFAS, also dubbed "forever chemicals," is that they accumulate in the liver and kidney and persist in serum. The mechanisms responsible for their disposition and excretion in humans are poorly understood. A better understanding of the interaction of PFAS with liver transporters, as it pertains to the disposition of PFAS and other xenobiotics, could provide mechanistic insight into human health effects and guide efforts toward risk assessment of compounds in development. This review summarizes the current state of the literature on the emerging relationships (eg, substrates, inhibitors, modulators of gene expression) between PFAS and specific hepatic transporters. The adaptive and toxicological responses of hepatocytes to PFAS that reveal linkages to pathologies and epidemiological findings are highlighted. The evidence suggests that our understanding of the molecular landscape of PFAS must improve to determine their impact on the expression and function of hepatocyte transporters that play a key role in PFAS or other xenobiotic disposition. From here, we can assess what role these changes may have in documented human health outcomes.

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FluorocarbonsLiverAnimalsEnvironmental PollutantsHumansMembrane Transport ProteinsPersistent Organic PollutantsRisk AssessmentEnvironmental PollutantsFluorocarbonsMembrane Transport ProteinsPersistent Organic Pollutantsbiliary excretionhepatotoxicityperfluorinated chemicalstoxicokineticsxenobiotic transporters

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PMID38724241
PMCPMC11285162

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