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Environmental pollutants, a possible etiology for premature ovarian insufficiency: a narrative review of animal and human data

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Title
Environmental pollutants, a possible etiology for premature ovarian insufficiency: a narrative review of animal and human data
Published in
Environmental Health, April 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12940-017-0242-4
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Pauline Vabre, Nicolas Gatimel, Jessika Moreau, Véronique Gayrard, Nicole Picard-Hagen, Jean Parinaud, Roger D. Leandri

Abstract

Because only 25% of cases of premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) have a known etiology, the aim of this review was to summarize the associations and mechanisms of the impact of the environment on this pathology. Eligible studies were selected from an electronic literature search from the PUBMED database from January 2000 to February 2016 and associated references in published studies. Search terms included ovary, follicle, oocyte, endocrine disruptor, environmental exposure, occupational exposure, environmental contaminant, pesticide, polyaromatic hydrocarbon, polychlorinated biphenyl PCB, phenol, bisphenol, flame retardant, phthalate, dioxin, phytoestrogen, tobacco, smoke, cigarette, cosmetic, xenobiotic. The literature search was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. We have included the human and animal studies corresponding to the terms and published in English. We have excluded articles that included results that did not concern ovarian pathology and those focused on ovarian cancer, polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis or precocious puberty. We have also excluded genetic, auto-immune or iatrogenic causes from our analysis. Finally, we have excluded animal data that does not concern mammals and studies based on results from in vitro culture. Data have been grouped according to the studied pollutants in order to synthetize their impact on follicular development and follicular atresia and the molecular pathways involved. Ninety-seven studies appeared to be eligible and were included in the present study, even though few directly address POI. Phthalates, bisphenol A, pesticides and tobacco were the most reported substances having a negative impact on ovarian function with an increased follicular depletion leading to an earlier age of menopause onset. These effects were found when exposure occured at different times throughout the lifetime from the prenatal to the adult period, possibly due to different mechanisms. The main mechanism seemed to be an increase in atresia of pre-antral follicles. Environmental pollutants are probably a cause of POI. Health officials and the general public must be aware of this environmental effect in order to implement individual and global preventive actions.

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Unknown 268 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 37 14%
Student > Master 37 14%
Researcher 31 12%
Student > Bachelor 31 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 23 9%
Other 42 16%
Unknown 67 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 57 21%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 31 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 21 8%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 17 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 5%
Other 47 18%
Unknown 82 31%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 44. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 April 2019.
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#803,117
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Outputs from Environmental Health
#191
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Outputs of similar age from Environmental Health
#7
of 35 outputs
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