Obesity II: establishing causal links between chemical exposures and obesity

JJ Heindel, S Howard, K Agay-Shay, JP Arrebola… - Biochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Obesity is a multifactorial disease with both genetic and environmental components. The
prevailing view is that obesity results from an imbalance between energy intake and …

[HTML][HTML] The exposome and liver disease-how environmental factors affect liver health

R Barouki, M Samson, EB Blanc, M Colombo… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the initial development of the exposome concept, much effort has been devoted to the
characterisation of the exposome through analytical, epidemiological, and toxicological …

Activation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) in Alzheimer's disease: Role of tryptophan metabolites generated by gut host-microbiota

A Salminen - Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Gut microbiota in interaction with intestinal host tissues influences many brain functions and
microbial dysbiosis has been linked with brain disorders, such as neuropsychiatric …

Meta-analysis of diurnal transcriptomics in mouse liver reveals low repeatability of rhythm analyses

TG Brooks, A Manjrekar, A Mrcˇela… - Journal of biological …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
To assess the consistency of biological rhythms across studies, 57 public mouse liver tissue
timeseries totaling 1096 RNA-seq samples were obtained and analyzed. Only the control …

[HTML][HTML] Single-nuclei RNA sequencing assessment of the hepatic effects of 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

R Nault, KA Fader, S Bhattacharya… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and Aims Characterization of cell specific transcriptional responses to
hepatotoxicants is lost in the averages of bulk RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq). Single …

[HTML][HTML] Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) impairs circadian regulation: Impact on the aging process

A Salminen - Ageing Research Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Circadian clocks control the internal sleep-wake rhythmicity of 24 h which is synchronized by
the solar cycle. Circadian regulation of metabolism evolved about 2.5 billion years ago, ie …

Role of the synergistic interactions of environmental pollutants in the development of cancer

FA Lagunas‐Rangel, JV Linnea‐Niemi, B Kudłak… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There is a growing awareness that the large number of environmental pollutants we are
exposed to on a daily basis are causing major health problems. Compared to traditional …

Circadian host-microbiome interactions in immunity

TD Butler, JE Gibbs - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The gut microbiome plays a critical role in regulating host immunity and can no longer be
regarded as a bystander in human health and disease. In recent years, circadian (24 h) …

Single-cell transcriptomics shows dose-dependent disruption of hepatic zonation by TCDD in mice

R Nault, S Saha, S Bhattacharya, S Sinha… - Toxicological …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract 2, 3, 7, 8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) dose-dependently induces the
development of hepatic fat accumulation and inflammation with fibrosis in mice initially in the …

Metabolism-disrupting chemicals and the constitutive androstane receptor CAR

J Küblbeck, J Niskanen, P Honkakoski - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
During the last two decades, the constitutive androstane receptor (CAR; NR1I3) has
emerged as a master activator of drug-and xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes and …