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Schuhmacher M, Mari M, Nadal M, Domingo JL. Concentrations of dioxins and furans in breast milk of women living near a hazardous waste incinerator in Catalonia, Spain. Environ Int. 2019 Apr; 125: 334-341. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.01.074.

Ferre-Rey G, Sánchez-Rodríguez J, Llorca-Linares M, Vicens P, Camps M, Torrente M, Morales-Vives F. A systematic review of instruments for early detection of autism spectrum disorders. Int J of Psychol Psychol Ther. 2019 Jan; 19, 29-38.

Tomas-Roig J, Torrente M, Cabré M, Vilella E, Colomina MT. Long lasting behavioural effects on cuprizone fed mice after neurotoxicant withdrawal. Behav Brain Res. 2019 May; 363, 38-44. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.01.036

González N, Marquès M, Nadal M, Domingo JL. Occurrence of environmental pollutants in foodstuffs: A review of organic vs. conventional food. Food Chem Toxicol. 2019 Jan; 125, 370-375. doi:10.1016/j.fct.2019.01.021

Basaure P, Guardia-Escote L, Cabré M, Peris-Sampedro F, Sánchez-Santed F, Domingo JL, Colomina MT. Learning, memory and the expression of cholinergic components in mice are modulated by the pesticide chlorpyrifos depending upon age at exposure and apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype. Arch Toxicol. 2019 Jan 18. doi: 10.1007/s00204-019-02387-9.

Domínguez-Morueco N, Ratola N, Sierra J, Nadal M, Jiménez-Guerrero P.Combining monitoring and modelling approaches for BaP characterization over a petrochemical area. Sci Total Environ. 2018 Dec 15;658:424-438. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.202.

Cabré N, Luciano-Mateo F, Arenas M, Nadal M, Baiges-Gaya G, Hernández-Aguilera A, Fort-Gallifa I, Rodríguez E, Riu F, Camps J, Joven J, Domingo JL. Trace element concentrations in breast cancer patients.Breast. 2018 Oct 1;42:142-149. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2018.09.005.

Trabalón L, Alves RN, Castro Ó, Nadal M, Borrull F, Pocurull E, Marques A. Preliminary assessment of galaxolide bioaccessibility in raw and cooked fish. Food Chem Toxicol. 2018 Dec;122:33-37. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.09.075.

Crépet A, Vanacker M, Sprong C, de Boer W, Blaznik U, Kennedy M, Anagnostopoulos C, Christodoulou DL, Ruprich J, Rehurkova I, Domingo JL, Hamborg Jensen B, Metruccio F, Moretto A, Jacxsens L, Spanoghe P, Senaeve D, van der Voet H, van Klaveren J. Selecting mixtures on the basis of dietary exposure and hazard data: application to pesticide exposure in the European population in relation to steatosis. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2018 Dec 19. pii: S1438-4639(18)30548-0. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2018.12.002. [Epub ahead of print]

Rovira J, Domingo JL. Human health risks due to exposure to inorganic and organic chemicals from textiles: A review. Environ Res. 2019 Jan;168:62-69. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.09.027. Epub 2018 Sep 24. Review.

Guardia-Escote L, Basaure P, Blanco J, Cabré M, Pérez-Fernández C, Sánchez-Santed F, Domingo JL, Colomina MT. Postnatal exposure to chlorpyrifos produces long-term effects on spatial memory and the cholinergic system in mice in a sex- and APOE genotype-dependent manner. Food Chem Toxicol. 2018 Dec;122:1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.09.069. Epub 2018 Sep 29.

Suzuki MN, Fregonesi BM, Machado CS, Zagui GS, Kusumota L, Suzuki AK, da Costa JAC, Llopart JS, Nadal M, Domingo JL, Segura-Muñoz S. Hemodialysis Water Parameters as Predisposing Factors for Anemia in Patients in Dialytic Treatment: Application of Mixed Regression Models. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2018 Sep 14. doi: 10.1007/s12011-018-1515-7. [Epub ahead of print]

González N, Marquès M, Nadal M, Domingo JL. Levels of PCDD/Fs in foodstuffs in Tarragona County (Catalonia, Spain): Spectacular decrease in the dietary intake of PCDD/Fs in the last 20 years. Food Chem Toxicol. 2018 Aug 23. pii: S0278-6915(18)30592-1. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.08.035.

Sharma RP, Schuhmacher M, Kumar V. Development of a human physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for phthalate (DEHP) and its metabolites: A bottom up modeling approach. Toxicol Lett. 2018 Oct 15;296:152-162. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.06.1217. Epub 2018 Jun 26.

Antonelli F, Casciati A, Tanori M, Tanno B, Linares-Vidal MV, Serra N, Bellés M, Pannicelli A, Saran A, Pazzaglia S. Alterations in morphology and adult neurogenesis in the dentate Gyrus of Patched1 Heterozygous Mice. Front Mol Neurosci. 2018 May 23;11:168. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00168. eCollection 2018.

Prof. Josep Lluís Domingo, Dr. Vikas Kumar, Neus González, María Ángeles Martínez, Elga Schreiberand Raju P. Sharma are currently to the 54th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX 2018), which is held in Brussels (Belgium) from September 2 to 5. They have the following poster presentations:

González N, Marquès M, Nadal M, Domingo JL. Dietary intake of PCDD/Fs by the population of Tarragona County, Catalonia, Spain. Temporal trends (1998-2018).

González N, Schreiber E, Alfageme O, Torrente M, Domingo JL, Gómez M. Assessment of reproductive toxicity of male rats through maternal exposure to dienestrol.

Kumar V, Karri V, Edwin M, Coort S, Evelo C, Oliveira E, Schuhmacher M. A system-based comparative proteomics approach to investigate heavy metals mixtures toxicity mechanism relates to the neurodegeneration on hippocampal cell line.

Martínez MA, Rovira J, Sharma RP, Nadal M, Schuhmacher M, Kumar V. Prediction and evaluation of the internal dosimetry of two wide spread endocrine disruptors in fetus using a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model.

Schreiber E, Garcia T, Torrente M, Kumar V, Sharma RP, Domingo JL, Gómez M. Assessment of the oxidative stress effects on the reproductive system of young male rats to n-butylparaben.

Sharma RP, Kumar V, Schuhmacher M. PBPK/PD coupled HPG SB model to analyze the reproductive toxicity of EDs: case study on mixture effects of DEHP and TCDD.

Roser Esplugas, PhD candiate in the Radiobiology area, will attend to the 44th European Radiation Research Congress (ERR 2018). It will be held in Pécs (Hungary) from August 21 to 25, 2018. She will be presenting the following posters:

Roser Esplugas, Noemí Serra, Montserrat Bellés, Victoria Linares, Meritxell Arenas, Joan Carles Vallvé. Effect of 2 Gy-radiation on the expression of miRNAs-146a, -155, -221 and -222 in HUVECs.

Roser Esplugas, Noemí Serra, Montserrat Bellés, Victoria Linares, Meritxell Arenas, Joan Carles Vallvé. Effect of radiotherapy, molecular parameters and treatment on the expression of blood miRNAs-146a, -155, -221 and -222 in women with breast cancer.

Mari M, Rovira J, Sánchez-Soberón F, Nadal M, Schuhmacher M, Domingo JL. Partial replacement of fossil fuels in a cement plant: Assessment of human health risks by metals, metalloids and PCDD/Fs.Environ Res. 2018 Jul 19;167:191-197. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.07.014.

Sakamoto M, Tatsuta N, Chan HM, Domingo JL, Murata K, Nakai K. Brain methylmercury uptake in fetal, neonate, weanling, and adult rats. Environ Res. 2018 Jul 5;167:15-20. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.06.038.

Prof. Josep Lluís Domingo has recently been interviewed in betevé. He talked about the high concentrations of dioxins reported in the surroundings of the municipal waste incinerator located in Sant Adrià del Besos (Barcelona). He asks for immediate measures to reduce the emissions of dioxins in the aforementioned facility, which were found up to 2.3 times the acceptable threshold.

You can watch the full interview in the following link.

Marquès M, Nadal M, Díaz-Ferrero J, Schuhmacher M, Domingo JL. Concentrations of PCDD/Fs in the neighborhood of a hazardous waste incinerator: human health risks. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2018) doi: 10.1007/s11356-018-2685-8

Sharma RP, Schuhmacher M, Kumar V. Development of a human physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPL) model for phthalate (DEHP) and its metabolites: a bottom up modeling approach. Toxicology Letters (2018) doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.06.1217

Sánchez-Soberón F, Cuykx M, Serra N, Linares V, Bellés M, Covaci A, Schuhmacher M.  In-vitrometabolomics to evaluate toxicity of particulate matter under environmentally realistic conditions. Chemosphere (2018) doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.06.065

The doctoral programme in Nanosciences, Materials and Chemical Engineering organises a day in which doctoral students have the opportunity to discuss their work and have it evaluated by a prestigious panel of experts during a platform and a poster exhibition sessions.

The TecnATox member María Ángeles Martínez presented her work in the platform session, which was entitled: "Comparing dietary and non-dietary source contribution of BPA and DEHP to prenatal exposure: A Catalonia (Spain) case study".

Dr. Jaume Folch, researcher in TecnATox, has recently published his third book entitled "El naufragi dels records. Què hi ha darrere de malalties com l'Alzheimer?" (The shipwreck of memories. What is behind Alzheimer disease?).

The book is about how the new advances in the understanding of the disease allow us to determine the origin and to influence on their prevention through diet or physical exercise, among others. You can find more information in the URV digital press release.