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Great read on the effects of bisphenol A as an xenoestrogen.  Bisphenol A is a weak estrogen, but it does increase androgen receptor and estrogen receptor alpha transcription.  This is from fetal exposure.

Bisphenol A: review of the different biochemical effects of bisphenol A.

How do environmental chemicals interfere?  This study shows how Bisphenol A actually interferes at the site of the estrogen receptor alpha.  Bisphenol A decreased the efficacy of chemotherapy in ER +/- breast cancer.  Again, the focus is on the interaction with ER alpha.

Bisphenol A (BPA) negatively effects estrogen metabolism. Bisphenol A preferentially increases 4OH-estrone which is the most toxic estrogen metabolite.

bisphenol A is a estrogen receptor agonist, though partial.

Granted, these are in men seen in an infertility clinic, but Bisphenol A (BPA) found to disrupt thyroid, increase the E2:T ratio, and a decrease in the free androgen index.  Interestingly, 89% of the men seen in this study tested positive for BPA in the urine.

Bisphenol-A inhibits testosterone production through direct inhibition of the pituitary and the leydig cells.  This is similar to the way E2 acts on the the pituitary and the leydig cells.  

Bisphenol A proving to be an significant endocrine disruptor in humans.

animal model, but Bisphenol A shown to increase aromatase production.  This aids the decreased T:E2 ratio that is commonly found in prostate disease.  So, BPA is a xenoestrogen.  BPA is an androgen receptor antagonist and BPA increases aromatase activity.  

Mouse model finds that Bisphenol A (BPA) induces LH/FSH and Estradiol production through kisspeptin stimulation.

Bisphenol A downgregulates ER-beta in male prostate.  This would increase pro-inlfmmatory/growth through ER-alpha theoretically and has implications  in prostate health.

Bisphenol A causes shift in ER-beta to ER-alpha through increase ER alpha transcription in the testis.  This only looked at ER expression in the testis.

environmental toxin, bisphenol A, shown to increase estrogen receptor and androgen receptor expression in the prostate.  Also, a shift from ER beta to ER alpha occurs, increase the inflammatory and proliferative signal.

bisphenol A is shown to be both an ER agonist and an ER antagonist.

bisphenol A increases estrogen signaling.

Thorough discussion of the scientific knowledge on bisphenol A and its hormonal and receptor effects.

Bisphenol A decreases testicular testosterone production at the sight of the leydig cells.

Bisphenol A acts as androgen receptor antagonist.

Bisphenol A acts via non-classical genomic signaling and more through weaker non-classical membrane receptors and their secondary messengers.

Bisphenol A (BPA) shown to interfere with the T3 and thyroid hormone receptor interaction.  This study even showed that BPA inhibited thyroid receptor transcription.