ERα/AR imbalance underlies enhanced hepatic susceptibility to pentachlorophenol sodium in female mice.
sodium pentachlorophenol (PCP-Na) is one of the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) with high lipophilicity. chlorinated hydrocarbon that exhibits broad-spectrum systemic toxicity, accompanied by severe carcinogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic risks; however, the molecular basis of its gender-specific pathogenesis rem...