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2026

Exploratory Assessment of Preconception Phthalate Exposure on Pregnancy and Offspring Health Outcomes in Mice

Maryam Afghah , Ansley C. Elkins , Paige C. Powell , Mary E. Mulligan , Mary C. Boland , Alexandra P. Suggs , Melissa A. Walker , Grace E. Brenner , Lindsay C. Johnson , Zachary J. Padgett , Kylie D. Rock

Journal of the Endocrine Society

Date Published: January 23, 2026

https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvag010

2025

Toxicological, Chemical, Social, and Economic Challenges Associated with PFAS and Replacement Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF)

William S. Baldwin, Michael S. Bloom, Katy W. Chung, Subham Dasgupta, Marie E. DeLorenzo, Kelly J. Hunt, Peter B. Key, John L. Pearce, Kylie D. Rock, Philip Tanabe, Morgan A. Jacobellis, Melanie M. Garcia and Lisa J. Bain

Toxics

Publication Date: August 29, 2025

https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics13090732

Novel PFAS in alligator blood discovered with non-targeted ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry

Anna K. Boatman, Gregory P. Kudzin, Kylie D. Rock, Matthew P. Guillette, Frank Robb, Scott M. Belcher, Erin S. Baker

Science of the Total Environment

Publication Date: July 10, 2025

https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics13090732

Variability of Mercury Concentrations Across Species, Brand, and Tissue Type in Processed Commercial Seafood Products

Kylie D. Rock, Shriya Bhoothapuri, Emanuel Lassiter, Leah Segedie and Scott M. Belcher

Toxics

Publication Date: May 22, 2025

https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics13060426

2024

Quantitative Cross-Species Comparison of Serum Albumin Binding of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Five Structural Classes

Hannah M. Starnes, Thomas W. Jackson, Kylie D. Rock, Scott M. Belcher

Toxicological Sciences

Publication Date: May 1, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfae028

Combined Screening and Retroactive Data Mining for Emerging Perfluoroethers in Wildlife and Pets in the Cape Fear Region of North Carolina

Jacqueline Bangma, Shirley Pu, Anna Robuck, Jason Boettger, Theresa Gillette, James McCord, Kylie D. Rock, Jon Sobus, Thomas W. Jackson, Scott M. Belcher

Chemosphere

Publication Date: July 16, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142898

2023

Developmental Transcriptomic Patterns can be Altered by Transgenic Overexpression of Uty

Kylie D. Rock, Lillian M. Folts, Hannah C. Zierden, Ruth Marx-Rattner, Nicolae Adrian Leu, Bridget M. Nugent, Tracy L. Bale

Scientific Reports

Publication Date: November 30, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47977-x

Domestic Dogs and Horses as Sentinels of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure and Associated Health Biomarkers in Gray's Creek North Carolina

Kylie D. Rock, Madison E. Polera, Theresa C. Guillette, Hannah M. Starnes, Kentley Dean, Mike Watters, Debra Stevens-Stewart, and Scott M. Belcher

Environmental Science & Technology

Publication Date: June 20, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c01146

Extracellular Vesicles are Dynamic Regulators of Maternal Glucose Homeostasis During Pregnancy

Hannah C. Zierden, Ruth Marx‑Rattner, Kylie D. Rock, Kristen R. Montgomery, Pavlos Anastasiadis, Lillian Folts, and Tracy L. Bale

Scientific Reports

Publication Date: March 20, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31425-x

Maternal Organophosphate Flame Retardant Exposure Alters the Developing Mesencephalic Dopamine System in Fetal Rat

Andrew J Newell, Victoria A Kapps, Yuheng Cai, Mani Ratnam Rai, Genevieve St. Armour, Brian M Horman, Kylie D Rock, Shannah K Witchey, Alon Greenbaum, Heather B Patisaul

Toxicological Sciences

Publication Date: February 1, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfac137

Reproductive System, Female

Kylie D. Rock, Hannah M. Starnes, Scott M. Belcher

Encyclopedia of Toxicology 4th Edition

Publication Date: January 1, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824315-2.00420-6

2022

Comparative Assessment of Blood Mercury in American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) from Coastal North Carolina and Florida

Scott M Belcher, Matthew P Guillette, Frank Robb, Kylie D Rock

Ecotoxicology

Publication Date: August 3, 2022

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-022-02573-z

A Critical Review and Meta-Analysis of Impacts of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances on the Brain and Behavior

Hannah M Starnes, Kylie D Rock, Thomas W Jackson, Scott M Belcher

Frontiers in Toxicology

Publication Date: April 11, 2022

https://doi.org/10.3389/ftox.2022.881584

2021

The Composition of Human Vaginal Microbiota Transferred at Birth Affects Offspring Health in a Mouse Model

Eldin Jašarević, Elizabeth M Hill, Patrick J Kane, Lindsay Rutt, Trevonn Gyles, Lillian Folts, Kylie D Rock, Christopher D Howard, Kathleen E Morrison, Jacques Ravel, Tracy L Bale

Nature Communications

Publication Date: November 1, 2021

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26634-9

2020

Developmental Exposure to the Flame Retardant Mixture Firemaster 550 Compromises Adult Bone Integrity in Male but not Female Rats

Soraia Macari, Kylie D Rock, Mariana S Santos, Virgínia TM Lima, Raphael E Szawka, Jamal Moss, Brian Horman, Heather B Patisaul

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Publication Date: April 7, 2020

https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21072553

Heterozygous Mutation of Sonic Hedgehog Receptor (Ptch1) Drives Cerebellar Overgrowth and Sex-Specifically Alters Hippocampal and Cortical Layer Structure, Activity, and Social Behavior in Female Mice

Thomas W Jackson, Gabriel A Bendfeldt, Kelby A Beam, Kylie D Rock, Scott M Belcher

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Publication Date: March 1, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2020.106866

Microphysiological Systems of the Placental Barrier

Navein Arumugasaamy*, Kylie D Rock, Che-Ying Kuo, Tracy L Bale, John P Fisher

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Publication Date: January 1, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2020.08.010

2019

Sex-Specific Behavioral Effects Following Developmental Exposure to Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) in Wistar Rats

Kylie D Rock, Sagi Enicole A Gillera, Pratyush Devarasetty, Brian Horman, Gabriel Knudsen, Linda S Birnbaum, Suzanne E Fenton, Heather B Patisaul

Neurotoxicology

Publication Date: December 1, 2019

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2019.09.003

PBDEs Concentrate in the Fetal Portion of the Placenta: Implications for Thyroid Hormone Dysregulation

Matthew T Ruis, Kylie D Rock, Samantha M Hall, Brian Horman, Heather B Patisaul, Heather M Stapleton

Endocrinology

Publication Date: November, 2019

https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2019-00463

2018

IR-MALDESI Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Underivatized Neurotransmitters in Brain Tissue of Rats Exposed to Tetrabromobisphenol A

M Caleb Bagley, Måns Ekelöf, Kylie Rock, Heather Patisaul, David C Muddiman

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Publication Date: October 13, 2018

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-018-1420-0

Environmental Mechanisms of Neurodevelopmental Toxicity

Kylie D. Rock, Heather B. Patisaul

Current Environmental Health Reports

Publication Date: March 13, 2018

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40572-018-0185-0

EDC IMPACT: Molecular effects of developmental FM 550 exposure in Wistar rat placenta and fetal forebrain

Kylie D Rock, Brian Horman, Allison L Phillips, Susan L McRitchie, Scott Watson, Jocelin Deese-Spruill, Dereje Jima, Susan Sumner, Heather M Stapleton, Heather B Patisaul

Endocrine Connections

Publication Date: February 1, 2018

https://doi.org/10.1530/EC-17-0373