METHOD FOR DETERMINING FACTOR OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE INFLUENCING ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

摘要

The present invention provides a method for determining a factor of a chemical substance influencing the endocrine system in an organism, wherein the method includes (1) a step in which the expression amount of a gene serving as a marker and/or the amount of an endogenous metabolite serving as a marker in samples collected from a subject not brought into contact with the chemical substance and from a subject brought into contact with the chemical substance are measured, and (2) a step in which the expression amount of the gene and/or the amount of the endogenous metabolite measured in step (1) are subsequently analyzed and it is determined whether the chemical substance is a factor influencing the endocrine system as an endocrine disruptor or a factor influencing the endocrine system as stress.