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Buerger AN, Thompson CM, Heintz MM, Maberti S, Palermo CM, Haws LC. 2026. Application of quantitative and qualitative uncertainty assessment risk management decision-making: A case study with diisononyl phthalate. Food Chem Toxicol 214(Aug):116110; doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2026116110. PMID: 42035978.

Buerger AN, Heintz MM, Haws LC, Thompson CM. 2026. Mode-of-action and human relevance assessment for diisononyl phthalate-induced liver tumors in rodents. J Appl Toxicol; doi: 10.1002/jat.70223. Online ahead of print May 5th. PMID: 42086044. 

Buerger AN, Heintz MM, Haws LC, Nyambego H, Palermo CM, Thompson CM. Mode of action and human relevance assessment for diisononyl phthalate (DINP)-induced liver tumors in rodents. Abstract 3324, Society of Toxicology 65^th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2026.

Buerger AN, Lea IA, Vincent MJ,…, Choksi NY, Britt J, Fitch S, Rogers S, Schaefer H, Haws L,…, Wikoff D, Borghoff SJ. Systematic evaluation of the carcinogenic potential of di-isononyl phthalate in humans. Abstract 3314, Society of Toxicology 65^th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2026.

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. PMID: 32806437.

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. PMID: 32255618.

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, Durham, NC, 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. Poster P-85, Fifth World Congress on Risk, SETAC Africa 9th Biennial Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, May 2019.

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, 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. PMID: 30682743.

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.