Current Status of Using Vitellogenin as A Biomarker to Screen Endocrine Disruptors / 环境与健康杂志

ABSTRACT

As harmful effect on human healh and on existence of biological population etiological system may caused by endocrine disruptors, it has become the focus of many studies of public health and environmental protection. This paper briefly summarized the current status of studies on the definition, classification, adverse effects and screening methods of endocrine disruptors, and also reviewed the scientific theory and advantages of vitellogenin that was qualified as a biomarker in screening environmental endocrine disruptors. On the basis of the matters mentioned above, the paper specifically introduced the principle, application, merits and shortcomings for methods for detecting vitellogenin protein and its encoding gene.