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Mohajer N, Du CY, Checkcinco C, et al. Obesogens: How They Are Identified and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Their Action. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021;12:780888doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.780888.
Mohajer, N., Du, C. Y., Checkcinco, C., & Blumberg, B. (2021). Obesogens: How They Are Identified and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Their Action. Frontiers in endocrinology, 12780888. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.780888
Mohajer, Nicole, et al. "Obesogens: How They Are Identified and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Their Action." Frontiers in endocrinology vol. 12 (2021): 780888. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.780888
Mohajer N, Du CY, Checkcinco C, Blumberg B. Obesogens: How They Are Identified and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Their Action. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021 Nov 25;12:780888. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.780888. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34899613; PMCID: PMC8655100.
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Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021 Nov 25;12:780888. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.780888. eCollection 2021.

Obesogens: How They Are Identified and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Their Action.

Frontiers in endocrinology

Nicole Mohajer, Chrislyn Y Du, Christian Checkcinco, Bruce Blumberg

Affiliations

  1. Deparment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States.
  2. Deparment of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States.
  3. Deparment of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States.

PMID: 34899613 PMCID: PMC8655100 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.780888

Abstract

Adult and childhood obesity have reached pandemic level proportions. The idea that caloric excess and insufficient levels of physical activity leads to obesity is a commonly accepted answer for unwanted weight gain. This paradigm offers an inconclusive explanation as the world continually moves towards an unhealthier and heavier existence irrespective of energy balance. Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are chemicals that resemble natural hormones and disrupt endocrine function by interfering with the body's endogenous hormones. A subset of EDCs called obesogens have been found to cause metabolic disruptions such as increased fat storage,

Copyright © 2021 Mohajer, Du, Checkcinco and Blumberg.

Keywords: EDC; MDC; adipogenesis; endocrine disrupting chemical; metabolism disrupting chemicals; obesity; obesogens

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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