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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2024

The impact of persistent organic pollutants on fertility: exposure to the environmental toxicant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin alters reproductive tract immune responses.

Victoria R Stephens, Kensley B Horner, Walter M Avila, Sabrina K Spicer, Riya Chinni, Emily B Bernabe, Antentor O Hinton, Steven M Damo, Alison J Eastman, Monique M McCallister and 2 more

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Victoria R StephensDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
Kensley B HornerDepartment of Life and Physical Sciences, Fisk University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Walter M AvilaDepartment of Life and Physical Sciences, Fisk University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Sabrina K SpicerDepartment of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Riya ChinniDepartment of Medicine, Health, and Society, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Emily B BernabeTennessee Valley Health Systems, Department of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, TN, United States.
Antentor O HintonDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Steven M DamoDepartment of Life and Physical Sciences, Fisk University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Alison J EastmanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
Monique M McCallisterDepartment of Biological Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Kevin G OsteenDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
Jennifer A GaddyDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.

Funding

Bridge to the Doctorate at University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignT32GM142518 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI BOPPART, STEPHEN A, LIMBIRD, LEE E · 2021 to 2025
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM142518
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to environmental contaminants can result in profound effects on the host immune system. One class of environmental toxicants, known as dioxins, are persistent environmental contaminants termed "forever chemicals". The archetype toxicant from this group of chemicals is 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), an immunotoxicant that activates the aryl-hydrocarbon receptor pathway leading to a variety of changes in immune cell responses. Immune cell functions are crucial to the development and maintenance of healthy reproduction. Immune cells facilitate tolerance between at the maternal-fetal interface between the parent and the semi-allogenic fetus and help defend the gravid reproductive tract from infectious assault. Epidemiological studies reveal that exposure to environmental contaminants (such as TCDD) are linked to adverse reproductive health outcomes including endometriosis, placental inflammation, and preterm birth. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms that underpin how environmental toxicant exposures impact immune functions at the maternal-fetal interface or within the reproductive tract in general. This review presents the most recent published work that studies interactions between dioxin or TCDD exposure, the host immune system, and reproduction.

Indexed as

FertilityPolychlorinated DibenzodioxinsAnimalsEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental PollutantsFemaleHumansImmune SystemPersistent Organic PollutantsPregnancyReproductionEnvironmental PollutantsPersistent Organic PollutantsPolychlorinated Dibenzodioxinsdioxinenvironmental toxicantinnate immunityreproductionTCDD

Identifiers

PMID39720712
PMCPMC11666484

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