Estrogen, estrogen-like molecules and autoimmune diseases.
Animal models
Disease susceptibility
Gender
Thymus
Journal
Autoimmunity reviews
ISSN: 1873-0183
Titre abrégé: Autoimmun Rev
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101128967
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2020
Mar 2020
Historique:
received:
20
09
2019
accepted:
23
09
2019
pubmed:
14
1
2020
medline:
20
3
2020
entrez:
14
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In western countries, the slope of autoimmune disease (AD) incidence is increasing and affects 5-8% of the population. Mainly prevalent in women, these pathologies are due to thymic tolerance processes breakdown. The female sex hormone, estrogen, is involved in this AD female susceptibility. However, predisposition factors have to act in concert with unknown triggering environmental factors (virus, microbiota, pollution) to initiate AD. Individuals are exposed to various environmental compounds that display endocrine disruption abilities. The cellular effects of some of these molecules may be mediated through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). Here, we review the effects of these molecules on the homeostasis of the thymic cells, the immune tolerance intrinsic factors (transcription factors, epigenetic marks) and on the immune tolerance extrinsic factors (microbiota, virus sensibility). This review highlights the contribution of estrogen and endocrine disruptors on the dysregulation of mechanisms sustaining AD development.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31927086
pii: S1568-9972(20)30011-2
doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2020.102468
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Endocrine Disruptors
0
Estrogens
0
Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
102468Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no relevant conflicts of interest.