Endocrine Abstracts

Androgen signaling is essential for male reproductive development and masculinization during fetal life. Developmental exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals, not least those that disrupt androgen action, can lead to reproductive disorders such as cryptorchidism, hypospadias, and poor fertility. In rodent toxicity studies, as well as human epidemiological studies, a general biomarker for compromised fetal androgen signaling is a shorter anogenital distance (AGD) in male of...

Lifelong thyroid health depends on establishment of thyroid gland structure and function during early life development. However, thyroid development can be disrupted and lead to early- or adult life thyroid disorders. Still, the molecular machinery underpinning thyroid gland development remains poorly understood, particularly after the onset of fetal thyroid function. Here we used bulk-RNA-barcoding and sequencing (BRB-seq) to map the thyroid gland transcriptome as it undergoe...