The Role of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in the Feto-Placental Unit and Female Reproduction
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Obstetrics & Gynecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 17709
Special Issue Editors
Interests: detection and characterisation of circulating tumour cells; use of liquid biopsies as cancer biomarkers of diagnostic and prognostic value; ovarian cancer; women's health; gynaecological cancers; role of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in pregnancy; 3D cultures/organ-on-a-chip
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2. Warwickshire Institute for the Study of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (WISDEM), University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry CV2 2DX, UK
3. Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Research Institute for Health & Wellbeing, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
4. Aston Medical School, College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
5. Laboratory of Dietetics and Quality of Life, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, Greece
Interests: metabolism and energy homeostasis; nutrition; cardiovascular endocrinology; cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis; exercise and health; COVID 19; epidemiology of non-communicable diseases and public health; obesity and obesity-related complications; type 2 diabetes; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); endocrinology; endocrine-disrupting chemicals; polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS); mental-health stress and the HPA axis
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2. Warwickshire Institute for the Study of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (WISDEM), University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry CV2 2DX, UK
Interests: women's health; endocrinology; gynaecological cancers; PCOS; metabolism; nutrition; diabetes; endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs); links between obesity and cancer
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are environmental chemicals that interfere with physiological systems, adversely affecting the hormonal balance within various endocrine axes (particularly within the female reproductive system) or disrupting normal function in the target organs that these hormones regulate. EDCs include a variety of chemicals classes, such as industrial by-products, pesticides, and chemicals, used in manufacturing (particularly plastics). The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have reported that more than 90% of 2000 individuals tested positive for chemicals in their blood. Moreover, in a report to the WHO (The State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals-2012), key concerns were raised regarding the “high incidence and the increasing trends of many endocrine-related disorders in humans”.
Emerging studies have linked EDCs with disorders at the placental level, -impact later in adult life. Contributions to this Special Issue will advance our understanding of the role of EDCs in placentation, placental development and placental functions, which are key events for successful reproductive outcomes, as well as female reproduction as a whole. Moreover, we will be addressing how in utero exposures can adversely affect adult life.
Dr. Emmanouil Karteris
Dr. Ioannis Kyrou
Prof. Dr. Harpal S. Randeva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- EDCs
- placenta
- fetus
- female reproduction
- exposures
- pregnancy
- toxicity