From bench to bedside: Biosensing strategies to evaluate endocrine disrupting compounds based on epigenetic events and their potential use in medicine.

Environ Toxicol Pharmacol

Departmentof Food Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ave. Universidad 3000, 04510, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address:

Published: November 2020

The relationship between endocrine system disorders and health risks due to chemical environmental compounds has become a growing concern in recent years. Involuntary exposure to endocrine disruptors (EDCs) is associated with the worldwide increase of diseases such as cancer, obesity, diabetes, and neurocortical disorders. EDCs are compounds that target the nuclear hormonereceptors (NHR) leading to epigenetic changes. Consequently, the use of biosensing strategies based on epigenetic events have a great potential to provide outstanding information about the exposition of EDCs and their evaluation in human health. This review addresses the novel trends in biosensing EDCs evaluation based on DNA methylation assays associated with different human diseases.

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