Frigo DE

ORCID: 0000-0002-0713-471X · 1 paper in corpus
2002
DDT and its metabolites alter gene expression in human uterine cell lines through estrogen receptor-independent mechanisms.
Environmental health perspectives ·doi:10.1289/ehp.021101239

Endocrine-disrupting organochlorines, such as the pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), bind to and activate estrogen receptors (ERs), thereby eliciting estrogen-like effects. Although ERs function predominantly through activatio…