Recep Uyar, Yağmur Turgut, H Tolga Çelik, M Altay Ünal, Özgür Kuzukıran, Özgür Özyüncü, Ahmet Ceylan, Özge Özgenç Çinar, Ümmü Gülsüm Boztepe, Hilal Özdağ, Ayhan Filazi, Begüm Yurdakök-Dikmen
The placental cholinergic system; known as an important factor in intracellular metabolic activities, regulation of placental vascular tone, placental development, and neurotransmission; can be affected by persistent organic pesticides, particularly organochlorine pesticides(OCPs), which can influence various epigenetic regulations and molecular pathways. Although OCPs are legally prohibited, trace amounts of the persistent dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane(DDT) are still found in the environment, making prenatal exposure inevitable...
April 12, 2024: Reproductive Toxicology