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Fitch S, Wikoff D, Foreman J, Buerger A, Haws L, Palmero C. Assessment of relative potency factors for six phthalates. Abstract 4235, Society of Toxicology 64^th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2025.

Lea IA, Feifarek D, Mihalchik A, Heintz M, Haws L, Nyambego H, Goyak K, Palermo C, Borghoff SJ. 2025. Evaluation of the endocrine disrupting potential of Di-isodecyl phthalate. Curr Res Toxicol 8:100221; doi: 10.1016/j.crtox.2025.100221. PMID: 40041033.

Rogers JM, Buerger AN, Heintz MM, Palermo CM, Haws LC, Lea IA. 2025. Evaluation of a hypothesized Sertoli cell-based adverse outcome pathway for effects of diisononyl phthalate on the developing testis. Curr Res Toxicol 8:100219; doi: 10.1016/j.crtox.2025.100219. PMID: 40123861.

Lea IA, Buerger AN, Feifarek D, Mihalchik A, Heintz MM, Haws LC, Nyambego H, Goyak K, Palermo C, Borghoff SJ. 2025. Evaluation of the endocrine disrupting potential of Di-isononyl phthalate. Curr Res Toxicol 8:100220; doi: 10.1016/j.crtox.2025.100220. PMID: 40092461. Corrigendum 8:100233; doi: 10.1016/j.crtox.2025.100233; PMID 40529321.

Borghoff SJ, Feifarek D, Mihalchik A, Heintz M, Haws L, Nyambego H, Goyak K, Lea IA. Evaluation of the endocrine disrupting potential of di-isononyl phthalate. Abstract 3931, Society of Toxicology 63rd Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2024. 

Lea IA, Feifarek D, Mihalchik A, Heintz M, Haws L, Nyambego H, Goyak K, Borghoff SJ. Evaluation of the endocrine disrupting potential of di-isodecyl phthalate. Abstract 3930, Society of Toxicology 63rd Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2024.

Buerger AN, Parente CE, Harris JP, Watts EG, Wormington AM, Bisesi JH. 2022. Impacts of diethylhexyl phthalate and overfeeding on physical fitness and lipid mobilization in Danio rerio (zebrafish). Chemosphere 295:133703; doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133703. PMID: 35066078.

Massarsky A, Donnell MT, Binczewski NR, Chan K, Dinh D, Bare JL, Unice KM. 2022. Methodology for exposure and health risk screening of phthalates potentially present in fabric face coverings. Hum Ecol Risk Assess 28(1):184–204; doi: 10.1080/10807039.2022.2026760.

Buerger AN, Dillon DT, Schmidt J, Yang T, Zubcevic J, Martyniuk CJ, et al. 2020. Gastrointestinal dysbiosis following diethylhexyl phthalate exposure in zebrafish (Danio rerio): Altered microbial diversity, functionality and network connectivity. Environ Pollut 265(Pt B-Oct):114496; doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.11449.

Adamovsky O, Buerger AN, Vespalcova H, Sohag S, Hanlon A, Ginn P, et al. 2020. Evaluation of microbiome-host relationships in the zebrafish gastrointestinal system reveals adaptive immunity is a target of bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) exposure. Environ Sci Technol 54(9):5719–5728; doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00628.

Buerger AN, Dillon DT, Martyniuk CJ, Bisesi JH. Coupled host and microbial responses to phthalate exposure: Implications for obesity. Society of Toxicology 58th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2019.

Buerger AN, Dillon DT, Martyniuk CJ, Bisesi JH. Molecular and microbial responses in the zebrafish gastrointestinal system following exposure to the suspected obesogen diethylhexyl phthalate. Society for Risk Analysis/Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Africa, 2019.

Buerger AN, Dillon DT, Martyniuk CJ, Bisesi, JH. Gastrointestinal mediated impacts on lipid metabolism following chronic exposure to a phthalate plasticizer in zebrafish. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting, 2019.

Buerger AN, Schmidt J, Chase A, Paixao C, Patel TN, Brumback BA, et al. 2019. Examining the responses of the zebrafish (Danio rerio) gastrointestinal system to the suspected obesogen diethylhexyl phthalate. Environ Pollut 245(Feb):1086–1094; doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.11.032.

Buerger AN, Martyniuk CJ, Bisesi JH. Phthalate disruption of the gastrointestinal microbiome as a potential obesogenic mechanism: A multigenerational study using Danio rerio. Society of Toxicology 57th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2018.

Buerger AN, Dillon DT, Martyniuk CJ, Bisesi JH. Host-microbiome alterations in fatty acid metabolism in Danio rerio following dietary phthalate exposure. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting, 2018.

Buerger AN, Schmidt J, Paixao C, Tiblier A, Martyniuk CJ, Bisesi JH. Does oral exposure to phthalates alter obesity related transcriptional networks in the gastrointestinal system through PPARα? Society of Toxicology 56th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2017.

Grant RL, Rodriguez R, Hofelt CS, and Haws LC. 2002. Shortcomings in USEPA’s approach for predicting risk due to consumption of animal food products impacted by air emissions from hazardous waste combustion facilities: A case study involving phthalates. Human Ecol Risk Assess 8(5):1137-1154; doi: 10.1080/1080-700291905855.