Publications

Hormonal changes in professional printers exposed to phthalates suggesting potential disturbances of the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis

Tiberiu M. Nita , Sonja A. Wrobel , David Vernez , Holger M. Koch , Pascal Wild , Fanny Zufferey, Serge Rudaz , Ludwig Stenz , Alex Odermatt , Nancy B. Hopf

Environmental Research,  15 Feb 2026


Urinary concentrations of di-butyl phthalate isomers and reproductive hormonal parameters in adult men: A systematic review with dose-response meta-analysis

Tiberiu M. Nita, David Vernez, Pascal Wild, Nelly Pitteloud, Nancy B. Hopf

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology,  1 Jan 2026


Tattoo ink induces inflammation in the draining lymph node and alters the immune response to vaccination

Arianna Capucetti, Juliana Falivene, Chiara Pizzichetti, Irene Latino, Luca Mazzucchelli, Vivien Schacht, Urs Hauri , Andrea Raimond, Tommaso Virgilio , Alain Pulfer, Simone Mosole, Llorenç Grau- Roma, Wolfgang Bäumlr, Martin Palus, Louis Renner, Daniel Ruzek, Gabrielle Goldman Levy , Milena Foerster, Kamil Chahine, and Santiago F. Gonzalez

PNAS,  25 Nov 2025


Neurotoxicity of propylene glycol butyl ether: Multiomic evidence from human brainspheres

David Lopez-Rodriguez, David Pamies, Julien Boccard, Isabel Meister, Mathieu Galmiche, Tatjana Sajic, Estelle Maret, Noéline Héritier, Massimo Frangiamone, Aurélien Thomas, Nancy B. Hopf, Serge Rudaz, Marie-Gabrielle Zurich

Environment International,  22 Okt 2025


Exploring experiences of the regulatory toxicology system: system‑level promoters and inhibitors of new approach methodologies

Bearth A, Kopainsky B, Jones LB, Vist, G., Husøy, T, Svendsen C, Whaley P, Hoffmann S,· Ames HM, Solstad G, Bloch D, Čavoški A, Chiu WA, Davenport D, Davies HG, Giusti A, Hartung T, Kwon S, Osborne OJ, Rooney AA, Rousselle C, Sass JB, Wright FA, Mathisen GH

Archives of Toxicology,  18 Aug 2025


Editorial by Prof. Ellen Fritsche on PARCOPEDIA: "PARC plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of chemical risk assessment in Europe"

Ellen Fritsche

PARCOPEDIA,  25 Jul 2025


The Cost Outcome Pathway framework: Integrating socio-economic impacts to Adverse Outcome Pathways for supporting policy makers

Coustillet T, Bearth, A, Coumoul X, Villégier, A-S, Bisson M, Fritsche, E, Brignon, J-M, Zeman F, Audouze, K

Toxicology,  22 Jun 2025


Zebrafish as a model to assess the neurotoxic potential of propylene glycol ethers

Puligilla RD, Roos NJ, Bolten SJ, Hopf NB, Zurich M-G, Barulin N, Huwyler J

Environmental toxicology and pharmacology,  1 Jun 2025


Multi-behavioral phenotyping in early-life-stage zebrafish for identifying disruptors of non-associative learning [online ahead of print]

Leuthold D, Herold NK, Nerlich J, Bartmann K, Scharkin I, Hallermann SJ, Schweiger N, Fritsche E, Tal T

Environmental Health Perspectives,  30 Mai 2025


A comparative study of biostatistical pipelines for benchmark concentration modeling of in vitro screening assays [online ahead of print]

Carstens KE, Dönmez A, Hsieh J-H, Bartmann K, Friedman KP, Koch K, Scholze M, Fritsche E

Computational Toxicology,  30 Mai 2025