Di-n-butyl phthalate induces oversecretion of vascular endothelium-derived NAP-2 and promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition of urothelial cells in newborn hypospadias rats

This study provided a novel direction for studying the occurrence of hypospadias and may provide a hypospadias predictive marker in the future.PMID:37059017 | DOI:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.114892

Source: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety - April 14, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Shan Hua Fei Shi Zhiwen Xie Lei Wu Mengqiao Dai Yongqing Zhang Xinyu Xu Yiping Zhu Juntao Jiang Source Type: research