Exposure to per-fluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances leads to immunotoxicity: epidemiological and toxicological evidence

A Never-Ending Story of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)?

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Serum Vaccine Antibody Concentrations in Children Exposed to Perfluorinated Compounds

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Pre-natal Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances May Be Associated with Altered Vaccine Antibody Levels and Immune-Related Health Outcomes in Early Childhood

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Suppression of Humoral Immunity in Mice following Exposure to Perfluorooctane Sulfonate

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Ulcerative Colitis and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) in a Highly Exposed Population of Community Residents and Workers in the Mid-Ohio Valley

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Estimated exposures to perfluorinated compounds in infancy predict attenuated vaccine antibody concentrations at age 5-years

Grandjean, P., Heilmann, C. J., Weihe, P., Nielsen, F., Mogensen, U. B., Timmermann, C. A. G., & Budtz–Jørgensen, E. (2017) · Journal of Immunotoxicology · doi:10.1080/1547691x.2017.1360968 · Cited by 242

Perfluorooctanoic Acid–Induced Immunomodulation in Adult C57BL/6J or C57BL/6N Female Mice

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Serum Polyfluoroalkyl Concentrations, Asthma Outcomes, and Immunological Markers in a Case–Control Study of Taiwanese Children

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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Toxicity and Human Health Review: Current State of Knowledge and Strategies for Informing Future Research

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Assessing the Ecological Risks of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Current State-of-the Science and a Proposed Path Forward

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Guideline levels for PFOA and PFOS in drinking water: the role of scientific uncertainty, risk assessment decisions, and social factors

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Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their effects on the placenta, pregnancy, and child development: a potential mechanistic role for placental peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs)

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Thermal Stability and Decomposition of Perfluoroalkyl Substances on Spent Granular Activated Carbon

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Internal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and biological markers in 101 healthy 1-year-old children: associations between levels of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and vaccine response

Abraham, K., Mielke, H., Fromme, H., Völkel, W., Menzel, J., Peiser, M., Zepp, F., Willich, S. N., & Weikert, C. (2020) · Archives of Toxicology · doi:10.1007/s00204-020-02715-4 · Cited by 209

Remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyls (PFAS) via electrochemical methods

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Sorption and Desorption Mechanisms of Cationic and Zwitterionic Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Natural Soils: Thermodynamics and Hysteresis

Xiao, F., Jin, B., Golovko, S. A., Golovko, M. Y., & Xing, B. (2019) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b05379 · Cited by 197

Determinants of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in midlife women: Evidence of racial/ethnic and geographic differences in PFAS exposure

Park, S. K., Peng, Q., Ding, N., Mukherjee, B., & Harlow, S. D. (2019) · Environmental Research · doi:10.1016/j.envres.2019.05.028 · Cited by 188

Review: Evolution of evidence on PFOA and health following the assessments of the C8 Science Panel

Steenland, K., Fletcher, T., Stein, C. R., Bartell, S. M., Darrow, L. A., López-Espinosa, M.-J., Ryan, P. B., & Savitz, D. A. (2020) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.106125 · Cited by 170

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure and thyroid cancer risk

van Gerwen, M. A. G., Colicino, E., Guan, H., Dolios, G., Nadkarni, G. N., Vermeulen, R. C. H., Wolff, M. S., Arora, M., Genden, E. M., & Petrick, L. M. (2023) · EBioMedicine · doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104831 · Cited by 158

Application of the Key Characteristics of Carcinogens to Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

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Exposure, health effects, sensing, and remediation of the emerging PFAS contaminants – Scientific challenges and potential research directions

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Effect of granular activated carbon and other porous materials on thermal decomposition of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: Mechanisms and implications for water purification

Sasi, P. C., Alinezhad, A., Yao, B., Kubátová, A., Golovko, S. A., Golovko, M. Y., & Xiao, F. (2021) · Water Research · doi:10.1016/j.watres.2021.117271 · Cited by 133

Severity of COVID-19 at elevated exposure to perfluorinated alkylates

Grandjean, P., Timmermann, C. A. G., Kruse, M., Nielsen, F., Vinholt, P. J., Boding, L., Heilmann, C., & Mølbak, K. (2020) · PLOS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244815 · Cited by 131

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Food Packaging: Migration, Toxicity, and Management Strategies

Phelps, D. W., Parkinson, L. V., Boucher, J. M., Muncke, J., & Geueke, B. (2024) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c03702 · Cited by 134

Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances in a Cohort of Women Firefighters and Office Workers in San Francisco

Trowbridge, J., Gerona, R. R., Lin, T., Rudel, R. A., Bessonneau, V., Buren, H., & Morello-Frosch, R. (2020) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b05490 · Cited by 116

Toward a mechanistic understanding of poly-and perfluoroalkylated substances and cancer

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Impact of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) on the marine environment: Raising awareness, challenges, legislation, and mitigation approaches under the One Health concept

Bilela, L. L., Matijošytė, I., Krutkevičius, J., Alexandrino, D. A. M., Šafařı́k, I., Burlakovs, J., Gaudêncio, S. P., & Carvalho, M. F. (2023) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115309 · Cited by 107

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and cancer: Detection methodologies, epidemiological insights, potential carcinogenic mechanisms, and future perspectives

Zheng, J., Liu, S., Yang, J., Zheng, S., & Sun, B. (2024) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176158 · Cited by 99

Serum Perfluoroalkyl Substances, Vaccine Responses, and Morbidity in a Cohort of Guinea-Bissau Children

Timmermann, C. A. G., Jensen, K. J., Nielsen, F., Budtz–Jørgensen, E., van der Klis, F. R. M., Benn, C. S., Grandjean, P., & Fisker, A. B. (2020) · Environmental Health Perspectives · doi:10.1289/ehp6517 · Cited by 93

Assessment of PFAS fate, transport, and treatment inhibition associated with a simulated AFFF release within a WASTEWATER treatment plant

González, D., Thompson, K. A., Quiñones, O., Dickenson, E., & Bott, C. B. (2020) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127900 · Cited by 93

Systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiologic data on vaccine response in relation to exposure to five principal perfluoroalkyl substances

Crawford, L., Halperin, S. A., Dzierlenga, M. W., Skidmore, B., Linakis, M. W., Nakagawa, S., & Longnecker, M. P. (2023) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2023.107734 · Cited by 92

Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances during fetal life and hospitalization for infectious disease in childhood: A study among 1,503 children from the Odense Child Cohort

Dalsager, L., Christensen, N., Halekoh, U., Timmermann, C. A. G., Nielsen, F., Kyhl, H. B., Husby, S., Grandjean, P., Jensen, T. K., & Andersen, H. R. (2021) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2021.106395 · Cited by 90

Does Low Maternal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Elevate the Risk of Spontaneous Preterm Birth? A Nested Case–Control Study in China

Liu, X., Chen, D., Wang, B., Xu, F., Pang, Y., Zhang, L., Zhang, Y., Jin, L., Li, Z., & Ren, A. (2020) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c01930 · Cited by 87

Adverse PFAS effects on mouse oocyte in vitro maturation are associated with carbon‐chain length and inclusion of a sulfonate group

Feng, J., Soto‐Moreno, E. J., Prakash, A., Balboula, A. Z., & Qiao, H. (2022) · Cell Proliferation · doi:10.1111/cpr.13353 · Cited by 77

Bioaccumulation of Novel Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Mice Dosed with an Aqueous Film-Forming Foam

McDonough, C. A., Choyke, S., Ferguson, P. L., DeWitt, J. C., & Higgins, C. P. (2020) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c00234 · Cited by 72

Concentration and distribution of metals, total fluorine, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in vertical soil profiles in industrialized areas

Gan, C., Peng, M.-Y., Liu, H.-B., & Yang, J. (2022) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134855 · Cited by 70

Montmorillonite clay-based sorbents decrease the bioavailability of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from soil and their translocation to plants

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Decoding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in hepatocellular carcinoma: a multi-omics and computational toxicology approach

Hong, Y., Wang, D., Liu, Z., Chen, Y., Wang, Y., & Li, J. (2025) · Journal of Translational Medicine · doi:10.1186/s12967-025-06517-z · Cited by 68

Spatiotemporal variations, sources and health risk assessment of perfluoroalkyl substances in a temperate bay adjacent to metropolis, North China

Han, T., Gao, L., Chen, J., He, X., & Wang, B. (2020) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115011 · Cited by 64

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, Epigenetic Age and DNA Methylation: A Cross-Sectional Study of Firefighters

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Associations between exposures to perfluoroalkyl substances and diabetes, hyperglycemia, or insulin resistance: a scoping review

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Immunotoxicity of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Insights into Short-Chain PFAS Exposure

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Effects of exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on vaccine antibodies: A systematic review and meta-analysis based on epidemiological studies

Zhang, X., Xue, L., Deji, Z., Wang, X., Liu, P., Lu, J., Zhou, R., & Huang, Z. (2022) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119442 · Cited by 62

Effects of perfluorooctanoic acid on stem Leydig cell functions in the rat

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Self-Healable Antifreeze Hydrogel Based on Dense Quadruple Hydrogen Bonding

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Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and autoimmune diseases

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Release of soil colloids during flow interruption increases the pore-water PFAS concentration in saturated soil

Borthakur, A., Cranmer, B. K., Dooley, G. P., Blotevogel, J., Mahendra, S., & Mohanty, S. K. (2021) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117297 · Cited by 53

Association of Early Pregnancy Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure With Birth Outcomes

Zhang, Y., Mustieles, V., Sun, Q., Coull, B. A., McElrath, T. F., Rifas‐Shiman, S. L., Martin, L. J., Sun, Y., Wang, Y., Oken, E., et al. (2023) · JAMA Network Open · doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.14934 · Cited by 59

Plasma perfluoroalkyls are associated with decreased levels of proteomic inflammatory markers in a cross-sectional study of an elderly population

Salihović, S., Lind, L., Larsson, A. O., & Lind, P. (2020) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.106099 · Cited by 55

Immunomodulation and exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: an overview of the current evidence from animal and human studies

Antoniou, E. E., Colnot, T., Zeegers, M. P., & Dekant, W. (2022) · Archives of Toxicology · doi:10.1007/s00204-022-03303-4 · Cited by 51

Are cosmetics a significant source of PFAS in Europe? product inventories, chemical characterization and emission estimates

Pütz, K. W., Namazkar, S., Plassmann, M. M., & Benskin, J. P. (2022) · Environmental Science Processes & Impacts · doi:10.1039/d2em00123c · Cited by 57

Internal Relative Potency Factors Based on Immunotoxicity for the Risk Assessment of Mixtures of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Human Biomonitoring

Bil, W., Ehrlich, V., Chen, G., Vandebriel, R., Zeilmaker, M., Luijten, M., Uhl, M., Marx-Stoelting, P., Halldorsson, T. I., & Bokkers, B. (2023) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2022.107727 · Cited by 51

Predicting the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance mixtures on peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha activity in vitro

Nielsen, G. H., Heiger‐Bernays, W., Schlezinger, J. J., & Webster, T. F. (2021) · Toxicology · doi:10.1016/j.tox.2021.153024 · Cited by 53

Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Mortality for COVID-19: A Spatial Ecological Analysis in the Veneto Region (Italy)

Catelan, D., Biggeri, A., Russo, F., Gregori, D., Pitter, G., Da Re, F., Fletcher, T., & Canova, C. (2021) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph18052734 · Cited by 47

A vision for safer food contact materials: Public health concerns as drivers for improved testing

Muncke, J., Andersson, A., Backhaus, T., Belcher, S. M., Boucher, J. M., Almroth, B. C., Collins, T. J., Geueke, B., Groh, K. J., Heindel, J. J., et al. (2023) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2023.108161 · Cited by 48

Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) induced developmental cardiotoxicity and hepatotoxicity in hatchling chickens: Roles of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha

Xu, X., Ni, H., Guo, Y., Lin, Y., Ji, J., Jin, C., Yuan, F., Feng, M., Ji, N., Zheng, Y., et al. (2021) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118112 · Cited by 47

Identification of point source dischargers of per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the United States

Andrews, D. Q., Hayes, J., Stoiber, T. L., Brewer, B., Campbell, C., & Naidenko, O. V. (2021) · AWWA Water Science · doi:10.1002/aws2.1252 · Cited by 51

Survey of legacy and emerging per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances in Mediterranean seafood from a North African ecosystem

Barhoumi, B., Sander, S. G., Driss, M. R., & Tolosa, I. (2021) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118398 · Cited by 49

Behavioral effects of early-life exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid might synthetically link to multiple aspects of dopaminergic neuron development and dopamine functions in zebrafish larvae

Yu, T., Zhou, G., Cai, Z., Liang, W., Du, Y., & Wang, W. (2021) · Aquatic Toxicology · doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2021.105926 · Cited by 44

An environmentally relevant mixture of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) impacts proliferation, steroid hormone synthesis, and gene transcription in primary human granulosa cells

Clark, K. L., Shukla, M., George, J. W., Gustin, S. L. F., Rowley, M. J., & Davis, J. S. (2024) · Toxicological Sciences · doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfae049 · Cited by 44

Association between prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and asthma in 5-year-old children in the Odense Child Cohort

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Concentrations of tetanus and diphtheria antibodies in vaccinated Greenlandic children aged 7–12 years exposed to marine pollutants, a cross sectional study

Timmermann, C. A. G., Pedersen, H. S., Weihe, P., Bjerregaard, P., Nielsen, F., Heilmann, C. J., & Grandjean, P. (2021) · Environmental Research · doi:10.1016/j.envres.2021.111712 · Cited by 44

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the atmospheric total suspended particles in Karachi, Pakistan: Profiles, potential sources, and daily intake estimates

Lin, H., Taniyasu, S., Yamashita, N., Khan, M. K., Masood, S. S., Saied, S., & Khwaja, H. A. (2021) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132432 · Cited by 44

Hunting the missing fluorine in aqueous film-forming foams containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Liu, M., Glover, C. M., Munoz, G., Duy, S. V., Sauvé, S., & Liu, J. (2024) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.133006 · Cited by 43

Co-exposure to PCB126 and PFOS increases biomarkers associated with cardiovascular disease risk and liver injury in mice

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Emergency of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water: Status, regulation, and mitigation strategies in developing countries

Adewuyi, A., & Li, Q. (2024) · Eco-Environment & Health · doi:10.1016/j.eehl.2024.05.008 · Cited by 43

Association between urinary per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and COVID-19 susceptibility

Ji, J., Song, L., Wang, J., Yang, Z., Yan, H., Li, T., Li, Y., Jian, L., Jiang, F., Li, J., et al. (2021) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2021.106524 · Cited by 40

Involvement of per-and polyfluoroalkyl compounds in tumor development

Pesonen, M., & Vähäkangas, K. (2024) · Archives of Toxicology · doi:10.1007/s00204-024-03685-7 · Cited by 40

Yale School of Public Health Symposium: An overview of the challenges and opportunities associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

Hagstrom, A. L., Anastas, P. T., Boissevain, A. L., Borrel, A., Deziel, N. C., Fenton, S. E., Fields, C., Fortner, J. D., Franceschi-Hofmann, N., Frigon, R., et al. (2021) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146192 · Cited by 40

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke: A Nested Case–Control Study in Sweden

Schillemans, T., Donat‐Vargas, C., Lindh, C. H., de Faire, U., Wolk, A., Leander, K., & Åkesson, A. (2022) · Environmental Health Perspectives · doi:10.1289/ehp9791 · Cited by 39

Evaluating Maternal Exposure to an Environmental Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (Pfas) Mixture During Pregnancy: Adverse Maternal and Fetoplacental Effects in a New Zealand White (Nzw) Rabbit Model

Crute, C., Hall, S., Landon, C. D., Garner, A., Everitt, J. I., Zhang, S., Blake, B. E., Olofsson, D., Chen, H., Murphy, S. K., et al. (2022) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156499 · Cited by 43

Childhood PFAS Exposure and Immunotoxicity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Human Studies

Antoniou, E. E., & Dekant, W. (2024) · Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1186/s13643-024-02596-z · Cited by 38

Evaluation of Neural Regulation and Microglial Responses to Brain Injury in Larval Zebrafish Exposed to Perfluorooctane Sulfonate

Paquette, S. E., Martin, N. R., Rodd, A. L., Manz, K. E., Allen, E., Camarillo, M., Pennell, A., Weller, H. I., Pennell, K. D., & Plavicki, J. S. (2023) · Environmental Health Perspectives · doi:10.1289/ehp12861 · Cited by 36

Immune response to COVID-19 vaccination in a population with a history of elevated exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through drinking water

Bailey, J. M., Wang, L., McDonald, J. M., Gray, J. S., Petrie, J. G., Martin, E. T., Savitz, D. A., Karrer, T. A., Fisher, K. A., Geiger, M. J., et al. (2023) · Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology · doi:10.1038/s41370-023-00564-8 · Cited by 35

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances alter innate immune function: evidence and data gaps

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Immunotoxicity of an Electrochemically Fluorinated Aqueous Film-Forming Foam

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Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid–Induced Toxicity on Zebrafish Embryos in the Presence or Absence of the Chorion

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Exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) decreases neutrophil migration response to injury in zebrafish embryos

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