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Peters, A. ; Nawrot, T.S.* ; Baccarelli, A.A.*

Hallmarks of environmental insults.

Cell 184, 1455-1468 (2021)
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Environmental insults impair human health around the world. Contaminated air, water, soil, food, and occupational and household settings expose humans of all ages to a plethora of chemicals and environmental stressors. We propose eight hallmarks of environmental insults that jointly underpin the damaging impact of environmental exposures during the lifespan. Specifically, they include oxidative stress and inflammation, genomic alterations and mutations, epigenetic alterations, mitochondrial dysfunction, endocrine disruption, altered intercellular communication, altered microbiome communities, and impaired nervous system function. They provide a framework to understand why complex mixtures of environmental exposures induce severe health effects even at relatively modest concentrations.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Review
Corresponding Author
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0092-8674
e-ISSN 1097-4172
Journal Cell
Quellenangaben Volume: 184, Issue: 6, Pages: 1455-1468 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Cell Press
Publishing Place Cambridge, Mass.
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Grants National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, USA
Flemish Research Fund, Belgium
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program