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Abraham Brouwer is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a substantial portion dedicated to health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including pollution, environmental chemistry, cancer research, and biotechnology. Their main research topics cover toxic organic pollutants impact, effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment, microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, pesticide and herbicide environmental studies, and enzyme-mediated dye degradation.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Abraham Brouwer include the following:

  • In vitro human cell-based TTR-TRβ CALUX assay indicates thyroid hormone transport disruption of short-chain, medium-chain, and long-chain chlorinated paraffins, 2021, Archives of Toxicology
  • Assessing Indoor Dust Interference with Human Nuclear Hormone Receptors in Cell-Based Luciferase Reporter Assays, 2021, Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Developing potency factors for thyroid hormone disruption by PFASs using TTR-TRβ CALUX® bioassay and assessment of PFASs mixtures in technical products, 2021, Environment International
  • Detection of high PBDD/Fs levels and dioxin-like activity in toys using a combination of GC-HRMS, rat-based and human-based DR CALUX® reporter gene assays, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Versicolorin A enhances the genotoxicity of aflatoxin B1 in human liver cells by inducing the transactivation of the Ah-receptor, 2021, Food and Chemical Toxicology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brouwer include Harrie Besselink, Peter Behnisch, Bart van der Burg, Ha Thi Cam Dang, and Barbara M. A. van Vugt-Lussenburg.

The principal publication venues for Brouwer's work feature Chemosphere, Environment International, SSRN Electronic Journal, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Best Publications

  • Toxic equivalency factors for dioxin-like PCBs. Report on WHO-ECEH and IPCS consultation, December 1993

    U. G. Ahlborg;G. C. Becking;L. S. Birnbaum;A. Brouwer

  • In Vitro Estrogenicity of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers, Hydroxylated PBDEs, and Polybrominated Bisphenol A Compounds

    I.A.T.M. Meerts;R.J. Letcher;S. Hoving;G. Marsh

  • In Vitro Profiling of the Endocrine-Disrupting Potency of Brominated Flame Retardants

    Timo Hamers;Jorke H. Kamstra;Edwin Sonneveld;Albertinka J. Murk

  • Interactions of Persistent Environmental Organohalogens With the Thyroid Hormone System: Mechanisms and Possible Consequences for Animal and Human Health:

    A. Brouwer;D.C. Morse;M.C. Lans;A.G. Schuur

  • Structure-dependent, competitive interaction of hydroxy-polychlorobiphenyls, -dibenzo-p-dioxins and -dibenzofurans with human transthyretin

    Martine C. Lans;Eva Klasson-Wehler;Marcel Willemsen;Elise Meussen

  • Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated fish induces vitamin A and thyroid hormone deficiency in the common seal (Phoca vitulina)

    A. Brouwer;P.J.H. Reijnders;J.H. Koeman

  • Effects of Dioxins and Polychlorinated Biphenyls on Thyroid Hormone Status of Pregnant Women and Their Infants

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  • Characterization of potential endocrine-related health effects at low-dose levels of exposure to PCBs.

    Abraham Brouwer;Matthew P. Longnecker;Linda S. Birnbaum;Jim Cogliano

  • Are brominated flame retardants endocrine disruptors

    Juliette Legler;Abraham Brouwer

  • Chemical-activated luciferase gene expression (CALUX): a novel in vitro bioassay for Ah receptor active compounds in sediments and pore water.

    A. J. Murk;J. Legler;M. S. Denison;J. P. Giesy

  • Controlling persistent organic pollutants: what next?

    Harry W. Vallack;Dick J. Bakker;Ingvar Brandt;Eva Broström-Lundén

  • Development of Androgen- and Estrogen-Responsive Bioassays, Members of a Panel of Human Cell Line-Based Highly Selective Steroid-Responsive Bioassays

    Edwin Sonneveld;Hendrina J. Jansen;Jacoba A. C. Riteco;Abraham Brouwer

  • Functional aspects of developmental toxicity of polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons in experimental animals and human infants

    Abraham Brouwer;Ulf G. Ahlborg;Martin Van den Berg;Linda S. Birnbaum

  • Detection of Multiple Hormonal Activities in Wastewater Effluents and Surface Water, Using a Panel of Steroid Receptor CALUX Bioassays

    Sander C. van der Linden;Minne B. Heringa;Hai-Yen Man;Edwin Sonneveld

  • Placental Transfer of a Hydroxylated Polychlorinated Biphenyl and Effects on Fetal and Maternal Thyroid Hormone Homeostasis in the Rat

    Ilonka A. T. M. Meerts;Yvonne Assink;Peter H. Cenijn;Johannes H. J. van den Berg

  • Comparison of Ah Receptor-Mediated Luciferase and Ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase Induction in H4IIE Cells: Implications for Their Use as Bioanalytical Tools for the Detection of Polyhalogenated Aromatic Hydrocarbons

    J.Thomas Sanderson;Jac M.M.J.G. Aarts;Abraham Brouwer;Kenneth L. Froese

  • Alterations in Rat Brain Thyroid Hormone Status Following Pre- and Postnatal Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Aroclor 1254)

    Dennis C. Morse;Eva Klasson Wehler;Wendelien Wesseling;Jan H. Koeman

  • Effect-based trigger values for in vitro and in vivo bioassays performed on surface water extracts supporting the environmental quality standards (EQS) of the European Water Framework Directive.

    Beate I. Escher;Selim Aїt-Aїssa;Peter A. Behnisch;Werner Brack;Werner Brack

  • Biotransformation of brominated flame retardants into potentially endocrine-disrupting metabolites, with special attention to 2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47).

    Timo Hamers;Jorke H. Kamstra;Edwin Sonneveld;Albertinka J. Murk

  • Impact of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls on human and environmental health, with special emphasis on application of the toxic equivalency factor concept.

    Ulf G. Ahlborg;Abraham Brouwer;Marilyn A. Fingerhut;Joseph L. Jacobson

  • Interference of polychlorinated biphenyls in hepatic and brain thyroid hormone metabolism in fetal and neonatal rats

    D.C. Morse;D. Groen;M. Veerman;C.J. van Amerongen

  • Detection of estrogenic activity in sediment-associated compounds using in vitro reporter gene assays

    Juliette Legler;Martine Dennekamp;A.Dick Vethaak;Abraham Brouwer

  • Fenamates: A Novel Class of Reversible Gap Junction Blockers

    Erik G. A. Harks;Albert D. G. de Roos;Peter H. J. Peters;Laura H. de Haan

  • In vitro inhibition of thyroid hormone sulfation by hydroxylated metabolites of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons.

    A.G. Schuur;F.F. Legger;M.E. van Meeteren;M.J.H. Moonen

Frequent Co-Authors

Åke Bergman
Åke Bergman Stockholm University
Martin van den Berg
Martin van den Berg Utrecht University
Pim E.G. Leonards
Pim E.G. Leonards Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Michael S. Denison
Michael S. Denison University of California, Davis
Theo J. Visser
Theo J. Visser Erasmus University Rotterdam
Shin-ichi Sakai
Shin-ichi Sakai Kyoto University
Hidetaka Takigami
Hidetaka Takigami National Institute for Environmental Studies
Shin Takahashi
Shin Takahashi Ehime University
John P. Giesy
John P. Giesy University of Saskatchewan
Linda S. Birnbaum
Linda S. Birnbaum Research Triangle Park Foundation

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