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A new mechanism of action for Bisphenol A's impact on reproduction

  • Writer: Patrick Allard
    Patrick Allard
  • Aug 22, 2019
  • 1 min read

In our newest publication, we show that the common environmental contaminant and endocrine disruptor BPA interferes with the highly evolutionary conserved process of mitochondrial cholesterol transport, a crucial step in steroid hormone biosynthesis. We also show that co-exposing organisms to cholesterol prevents all reproductive effects stemming from BPA exposure in our model! The paper is linked here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0890623819301674?dgcid=author

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