Kembra L. Howdeshell

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Kembra L. Howdeshell is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Cancer Research and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kembra L. Howdeshell has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 8 papers in Cancer Research and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kembra L. Howdeshell's work include Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (34 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (13 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (8 papers). Kembra L. Howdeshell is often cited by papers focused on Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (34 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (13 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (8 papers). Kembra L. Howdeshell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Denmark. Kembra L. Howdeshell's co-authors include L. Earl Gray, Vickie S. Wilson, Andrew K. Hotchkiss, Johnathan Furr, Frederick S. vom Saal, Cynthia V. Rider, Christy R. Lambright, Kristina A. Thayer, John G. Vandenbergh and Christy Lambright and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kembra L. Howdeshell

40 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Exposure to bisphenol A advances puberty

1999 687 citations Kembra L. Howdeshell, Andrew K. Hotchkiss et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kembra L. Howdeshell United States	28	3.4k	718	582	559	475	41	4.4k
Christy Lambright United States	30	3.1k 0.9×	702 1.0×	636 1.1×	614 1.1×	429 0.9×	55	4.2k
Chris E. Talsness Germany	26	4.0k 1.2×	779 1.1×	982 1.7×	475 0.8×	304 0.6×	32	5.3k
Ulla Hass Denmark	45	3.8k 1.1×	1.0k 1.5×	814 1.4×	662 1.2×	784 1.7×	104	5.8k
Julie Boberg Denmark	33	2.6k 0.8×	589 0.8×	604 1.0×	456 0.8×	517 1.1×	84	4.1k
Joseph Ostby United States	28	3.2k 0.9×	891 1.2×	389 0.7×	628 1.1×	527 1.1×	45	4.2k
Rochelle W. Tyl United States	27	2.5k 0.7×	755 1.1×	419 0.7×	444 0.8×	338 0.7×	88	3.8k
Sofie Christiansen Denmark	32	2.4k 0.7×	630 0.9×	524 0.9×	414 0.7×	383 0.8×	71	3.5k
Marta Axelstad Denmark	34	2.5k 0.7×	629 0.9×	487 0.8×	390 0.7×	454 1.0×	63	3.5k
Jean‐Pierre Bourguignon Belgium	10	2.6k 0.8×	445 0.6×	675 1.2×	394 0.7×	365 0.8×	12	3.9k
Scott M. Belcher United States	39	3.0k 0.9×	539 0.8×	692 1.2×	1.2k 2.1×	415 0.9×	87	5.4k

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Langendam, Miranda, Ashley R. Williams, Vickie R. Walker, et al.. (2021). Developing a database of systematic reviews of animal studies. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 123. 104940–104940. 13 indexed citations

Howdeshell, Kembra L., Andrew K. Hotchkiss, & L. Earl Gray. (2016). Cumulative effects of antiandrogenic chemical mixtures and their relevance to human health risk assessment. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 220(2). 179–188. 105 indexed citations

Howdeshell, Kembra L., Cynthia V. Rider, Vickie S. Wilson, et al.. (2015). Dose Addition Models Based on Biologically Relevant Reductions in Fetal Testosterone Accurately Predict Postnatal Reproductive Tract Alterations by a Phthalate Mixture in Rats. Toxicological Sciences. 148(2). 488–502. 52 indexed citations

Hotchkiss, Andrew K., Cynthia V. Rider, Johnathan Furr, et al.. (2010). In utero exposure to an AR antagonist plus an inhibitor of fetal testosterone synthesis induces cumulative effects on F1 male rats. Reproductive Toxicology. 30(2). 261–270. 24 indexed citations

Gray, L. Earl, Norman J. Barlow, Kembra L. Howdeshell, et al.. (2009). Transgenerational Effects of Di (2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate in the Male CRL:CD(SD) Rat: Added Value of Assessing Multiple Offspring per Litter. Toxicological Sciences. 110(2). 411–425. 81 indexed citations

Noriega, Nigel, et al.. (2009). Pubertal Administration of DEHP Delays Puberty, Suppresses Testosterone Production, and Inhibits Reproductive Tract Development in Male Sprague-Dawley and Long-Evans Rats. Toxicological Sciences. 111(1). 163–178. 106 indexed citations

Wilson, Vickie S., Christy R. Lambright, Johnathan Furr, Kembra L. Howdeshell, & L. Earl Gray. (2009). The herbicide linuron reduces testosterone production from the fetal rat testis during both in utero and in vitro exposures☆. Toxicology Letters. 186(2). 73–77. 44 indexed citations

Howdeshell, Kembra L., Vickie S. Wilson, Johnathan Furr, et al.. (2008). A Mixture of Five Phthalate Esters Inhibits Fetal Testicular Testosterone Production in the Sprague-Dawley Rat in a Cumulative, Dose-Additive Manner. Toxicological Sciences. 105(1). 153–165. 353 indexed citations

Howdeshell, Kembra L., Cynthia V. Rider, Vickie S. Wilson, & L. Earl Gray. (2008). Mechanisms of action of phthalate esters, individually and in combination, to induce abnormal reproductive development in male laboratory rats. Environmental Research. 108(2). 168–176. 226 indexed citations

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Blystone, Chad R., J. R. Furr, Kembra L. Howdeshell, et al.. (2007). Prochloraz Inhibits Testosterone Production at Dosages below Those that Affect Androgen-Dependent Organ Weights or the Onset of Puberty in the Male Sprague Dawley Rat. Toxicological Sciences. 97(1). 65–74. 57 indexed citations

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Blystone, Chad R., Kembra L. Howdeshell, Johnathan Furr, et al.. (2007). Sensitivity of Fetal Rat Testicular Steroidogenesis to Maternal Prochloraz Exposure and the Underlying Mechanism of Inhibition. Toxicological Sciences. 97(2). 512–519. 52 indexed citations

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Ruhlen, Rachel L., Kembra L. Howdeshell, Jiude Mao, et al.. (2007). Low Phytoestrogen Levels in Feed Increase Fetal Serum Estradiol Resulting in the “Fetal Estrogenization Syndrome” and Obesity in CD-1 Mice. Environmental Health Perspectives. 116(3). 322–328. 82 indexed citations

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Howdeshell, Kembra L., Johnathan Furr, Christy R. Lambright, et al.. (2007). Cumulative Effects of Dibutyl Phthalate and Diethylhexyl Phthalate on Male Rat Reproductive Tract Development: Altered Fetal Steroid Hormones and Genes. Toxicological Sciences. 99(1). 190–202. 223 indexed citations

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Gray, L. Earl, Vickie S. Wilson, Tammy E. Stoker, et al.. (2006). Adverse effects of environmental antiandrogens and androgens on reproductive development in mammals¹. International Journal of Andrology. 29(1). 96–104. 239 indexed citations

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Timms, Barry G., et al.. (2005). Estrogenic chemicals in plastic and oral contraceptives disrupt development of the fetal mouse prostate and urethra. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(19). 7014–7019. 313 indexed citations

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Howdeshell, Kembra L., Paul H. Peterman, Barbara M. Judy, et al.. (2003). Bisphenol A is released from used polycarbonate animal cages into water at room temperature.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 111(9). 1180–1187. 216 indexed citations

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Alworth, Leanne C., Kembra L. Howdeshell, Rachel L. Ruhlen, et al.. (2002). Uterine Responsiveness to Estradiol and DNA Methylation Are Altered by Fetal Exposure to Diethylstilbestrol and Methoxychlor in CD-1 Mice: Effects of Low versus High Doses. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 183(1). 10–22. 89 indexed citations

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Thayer, Kristina A., Rachel L. Ruhlen, Kembra L. Howdeshell, et al.. (2001). Altered prostate growth and daily sperm production in male mice exposed prenatally to subclinical doses of 17α-ethinyl oestradiol. Human Reproduction. 16(5). 988–996. 107 indexed citations

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Howdeshell, Kembra L., et al.. (1999). Exposure to bisphenol A advances puberty. Nature. 401(6755). 763–764. 687 indexed citations breakdown →

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Khan, Shafiq A., et al.. (1999). Transforming growth factor-β inhibits DNA synthesis in immature rat Leydig cells in vitro. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 148(1-2). 21–28. 17 indexed citations

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