2023
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and thyroid hormone measurements in dried blood spots and neonatal characteristics: a pilot study
Rosen Vollmar A, Lin E, Nason S, Santiago K, Johnson C, Ma X, Godri Pollitt K, Deziel N. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and thyroid hormone measurements in dried blood spots and neonatal characteristics: a pilot study. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 33: 737-747. PMID: 37730931, PMCID: PMC10541328, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00603-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThyroid hormone concentrationsNeonatal characteristicsThyroid hormone measurementsHormone concentrationsThyroid hormonesBlood spotsPilot studyNewborn DBSHormone measurementsPopulation-based studyThyroid hormone levelsEnvironmental risk factorsPFAS concentrationsNewborn screening testNon-parametric WilcoxonThyroid diseaseRisk factorsHormone levelsKruskal-Wallis testPFAS exposureThyroid hormone dataScreening testNeonatal DBSEnvironmental exposuresPerformance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
2021
Molecular Mechanisms of Alcohol-Induced Colorectal Carcinogenesis
Johnson CH, Golla JP, Dioletis E, Singh S, Ishii M, Charkoftaki G, Thompson DC, Vasiliou V. Molecular Mechanisms of Alcohol-Induced Colorectal Carcinogenesis. Cancers 2021, 13: 4404. PMID: 34503214, PMCID: PMC8431530, DOI: 10.3390/cancers13174404.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchColorectal cancerColorectal carcinogenesisChronic alcohol consumptionMost CRC patientsSporadic colorectal cancerGenetic risk factorsEffects of alcoholBacterial translocationCRC patientsFamilial cancer syndromeIntestinal permeabilityRisk factorsAlcohol consumptionCancer syndromesCRC modelMechanisms of alcoholAlcohol metabolitesGermline mutationsOne-carbon metabolismExact mechanismReactive oxygen speciesSporadic cancersCarcinogenesisImmunosuppressionCancer