Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and autoimmune diseases

Environ Res. 2023 Aug 15;231(Pt 2):116222. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116222. Epub 2023 May 22.

Abstract

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) widely exist in people's production and life which have great potential to damage human and animal health. Over the past few decades, growing attention has been paid to the impact of EDCs on human health, as well as immune system. So far, researchers have proved that EDCs (such as bisphenol A (BPA), phthalate, tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD), etc.) affect human immune function and promotes the occurrence and development of autoimmune diseases (ADs). Therefore, in order to better understand how EDCs affect ADs, we summarized the current knowledge about the impact of EDCs on ADs, and elaborated the potential mechanism of the impact of EDCs on ADs in this review.

Keywords: Autoimmune diseases; Endocrine environmental disruptors; Inflammatory bowel disease; Rheumatoid arthritis; System lupus erythematosus; Type 1 diabetes.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Autoimmune Diseases* / chemically induced
  • Autoimmune Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Endocrine Disruptors* / toxicity
  • Humans
  • Immune System
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins*

Substances

  • Endocrine Disruptors
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins