J 2025

The ENDOMIX project: an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how real-life chemical mixtures target the immune system to trigger disease

ZENCLUSSEN, Ana Claudia; Valentina Belmar ERILKIN; Linda BÖHMERT; Petra BOŘILOVÁ LINHARTOVÁ; Albert BRAEUNING et al.

Basic information

Original name

The ENDOMIX project: an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how real-life chemical mixtures target the immune system to trigger disease

Authors

ZENCLUSSEN, Ana Claudia; Valentina Belmar ERILKIN; Linda BÖHMERT; Petra BOŘILOVÁ LINHARTOVÁ; Albert BRAEUNING; Georg BRAUN; Cécile CHEVRIER; Liesbeth DUIJTS; Beate Isabella ESCHER; Janine FELIX; Sergio GÓMEZ-OLARTE; Mònica GUXENS; Gunda HERBERTH; Klára HILSCHEROVÁ; Jana KLÁNOVÁ; Yvonne KOHL; Katharina KRISCHAK; Dominique LAGADIC-GOSSMANN; Sophie LANGOUËT; Sabrina LLOP; Maria Jose LOPEZ-ESPINOSA; Léa MAITRE; Corinne MARTIN-CHOULY; Nicole MEYER; Marion OUIDIR; Thi Anh Mai PHAM; Claire PHILIPPAT; Raymond PIETERS; Marie-Laure PINEL-MARIE; Normand PODECHARD; Tobias POLTE; Elliott James PRICE; Oliver ROBINSON; Kristin SCHUBERT; Anne SCHUMACHER; Violeta STOJANOVSKA; Tamara TAL; Paolo VINEIS; Robert VAN VORSTENBOSCH; Roel VERMEULEN and Charline WAREMBOURG

Edition

Open Research Europe, F1000 Research Ltd, 2025, 2732-5121

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

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URL

Marked to be transferred to RIV

No

Organization

Přírodovědecká fakulta – Repository – Repository

DOI

https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.19088.2

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-105024115327

Keywords in English

endocrine disrupting chemicals; EDC exposure; chemical mixtures; immune system; long-term health effects; interdisciplinary approach; science to policy translation

Links

101136566, interní kód Repo. 857560, interní kód Repo. BBMRI.cz IV, large research infrastructures. RECETOX RI II, large research infrastructures.
Changed: 26/2/2026 00:51, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík

Abstract

In the original language

The true impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on human health is far from being understood. Humans are exposed to mixtures of chemicals throughout their lives, yet regulations and most studies focus on individual chemicals. ENDOMIX takes a novel approach to identifying associations and causality between EDCs and adverse health outcomes by focusing on exposure to mixtures of EDCs over the life course, including windows of susceptibility, using human biomonitoring data from several European cohorts. We will model and measure how real-life EDC mixtures act together and target the immune system to initiate, trigger or maintain disease. Health effects will be investigated using pioneering methodologies ranging from high-throughput in vitro bioassays, sophisticated organoid and co-culture systems, to in vivo models. In combination, they will provide valuable information on mechanistic pathways and transgenerational effects of EDC exposure. We aim to identify biomarkers and patterns of chemical exposures that are easy to measure, available for large cohorts and indicative for adverse health outcomes. We will use in vitro, in silico and in vivo data to strengthen causal inference using a weight-of-evidence approach. Moreover, using novel text mining methods, we will create knowledge graphs to capture and summarize the complexity of biomechanistic information, which aids rapid risk assessments and the creation of network models. The knowledge generated by ENDOMIX will provide an evidence base for policy-making and also reach people of all ages to raise awareness of the risks of EDC exposure and encourage health-promoting behaviors.
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