Second Edition of Effects of Environmental Pollutants on Human Reproductive Health
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 269
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sperm chromatin; sperm nuclear basic proteins; pollution; reproductive health; histones; epigenetics; Mytilus galloprovincialis; human male fertility; natural bioactive molecules
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Dear Colleagues,
Thank you for your excellent responses to the first edition of this Special Issue. In this second edition, we are focusing on similar topics. Successful reproduction is a determining factor for the survival of a species, but the development of modern technology and the rapid industrialization have allowed for the entry of a wide range of synthetic organic compounds and heavy metals into the environment. These anthropogenic pollutants can be found in air, soil, and water and can have negative effects on the reproductive health of various organisms. There is a growing amount of literature on the effects of these pollutants on the reproductive health of bony fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, particularly chemicals with hormone-disrupting properties. There is a need for a greater awareness of and vigilance towards the effects of environmental pollution on reproductive health, since only a fraction of these chemicals have been adequately examined for toxicity and for synergistic effects due to multiple exposures.
We cordially invite authors to contribute to this Special Issue with original research articles and reviews on how different types of air, water, and soil pollutants induce negative effects on human reproductive health. Data collected on this issue may represent a new opportunity to answer basic questions on conservation and sustainability, to better understand the underlying physiological changes in the reproductive system induced by exposure to pollutants, and to establish a link between the dose of and response to individual or a mixture of pollutants. New molecular environmental pollution markers linked to reproduction, pollutant molecular mechanisms of action, alterations in sperm proteins and their interaction with DNA, sperm chromatin structure alterations, epigenetic modifications, the impact of nutrition on reproductive health, and clinical implications for male and female reproduction also fall within the scope of this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Marina Piscopo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- human reproductive health
- spermatozoa
- environmental pollution
- sperm proteins
- sperm chromatin
- heavy metals
- reproduction
- oocyte
- epigenetic modifications
- nutrition
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