Publications

Publications

Authorship notation, where supplied: * corresponding author; ** equal contribution.

2026

  • Nanomedicine · 17(1)

    Advancing nanomedicine with machine learning: predicting protein corona and nano-bio interactions

    Canchola A, Li K, Chen K, Ukbamichael A, Wang X, Chou WC*

  • Scientific Reports · 16(1): 24775

    Determinants of protein corona adsorption and abundance revealed by interpretable machine learning across nanoparticle systems

    Li K, Canchola A, Zhang F, Chou WC*

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials · 503: 141164

    Developing a multi-task quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) model for predicting the toxicity potential of chemicals used in e-cigarette products

    Alexa Canchola, Kunpeng Chen, Md Ziaur Rahman, Lillian Tran, Wonsik Woo, Linhui Tian, Ying-Hsuan Lin, Wei-Chun Chou

  • Environmental Science & Technology · 60(12): 9117-9128

    Development and Human Extrapolation of Physiologically Based Toxicokinetic Models for Chlorinated Polyfluoroalkyl Ether Sulfonates from Rats

    Zhang J, Bao H, Zhao WH, Fan LS, Zhou H, Ruan T, Zhang YT, Liu L, Cai D, Xie S, Dong GH, Chou WC*, Zeng XW*

  • Computational Toxicology · 37: 100399

    Development of machine learning-based multi-task quantitative structure-activity relationship models for predicting toxicities in six human organ systems

    Wu PY, Chou WC, Kamineni VN, Chen CY, Hsieh JH, Vulpe CD, Lin Z*

  • Biomaterials · 334: 124223

    Engineering Lipid Nanoparticle Surface Hydrophobicity to Modulate Nano-Bio Interface and Enable Tissue-Selective mRNA Delivery

    Xu Z, Jolly KJ, Sankara CS, Mi K, Canchola A, Feng H, Gillen OP, Heiden KD, Basso KB, Chou WC, Lin Z, Zhang F*

  • Environmental Pollution · 390: 127519

    Toxicophore-informed machine learning integrating Tox21 assay readouts for organ system-specific carcinogenicity prediction

    Chen CY, Chou WC, Kamineni VN, Wu PY, Zhang Z, Wu X, Vulpe CD, Lin Z*

2025

  • Environmental Health Perspectives · 133(6): 67016

    A Machine Learning-Based Clustering Analysis to Explore Bisphenol A and Phthalate Exposure from Medical Devices in Infants with Congenital Heart Defects

    Wei-Chun Chou, J. William Gaynor, Eric M. Graham, Brenna Klepczynski, Tia Walker, Eric S. Coker, Richard F. Ittenbach, and Zhoumeng Lin

  • Environment International · 198: 109404

    Advancing non-target analysis of emerging environmental contaminants with machine learning: Current status and future implications

    Alexa Canchola, Lillian N. Tran, Wonsik Woo, Linhui Tian, Ying-Hsuan Lin, Wei-Chun Chou

  • Toxicological Sciences · 203 (2): 181–194

    Development of a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for flunixin in cattle and swine following dermal exposure

    Xue Wu, Qiran Chen, Wei-Chun Chou, Fiona P Maunsell, Lisa A Tell, Ronald E Baynes, Jennifer L Davis, Majid Jaberi-Douraki, Jim E Riviere, Zhoumeng Lin

  • Toxicological Sciences · 203 (1): 52–66

    Development of machine learning-based quantitative structure–activity relationship models for predicting plasma half-lives of drugs in six common food animal species

    Pei-Yu Wu, Wei-Chun Chou, Xue Wu, Venkata N Kamineni, Yashas Kuchimanchi, Lisa A Tell, Fiona P Maunsell, Zhoumeng Lin

  • Environmental Science & Technology · 59(8): 3841-3852

    Effects of Serum Insulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Levels on the Association between Fetal Growth and Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure Based on a Nested Case–Control Study

    Dan Cai, Shen-Pan Li, Yu-Ting Guo, Wei-Chun Chou, Zeeshan Mohammed, Rong-Liang Qiu, Guocheng Hu, Jianying Qi, Mingzhong Ren, Mingdeng Xiang, Zhenchi Li, Yang Zhou, Jinbo Huang, Minli Kong, Yanqi Xie, Cuilan Tang, Li-Zi Lin, Yunjiang Yu, Guang-Hui Dong, Xiao-Wen Zeng

  • WIREs Nanomed Nanobiotechnol · 17(4): e70027

    Machine learning and artificial intelligence in nanomedicine

    Chou WC, Canchola A, Zhang F, Lin Z*

  • ACS Nano · 19(43): 37633-37650

    Meta-analysis and machine learning prediction of protein corona composition across nanoparticle systems in biological media

    Canchola A, Li K, Chen K, Borboa-Pimentel A, Chou WC, Dela Rama R, Chen CY, Chen X, Strobel M, Riviere JE, F Zhang, Z Lin, Chou WC*

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials · 496: 139353

    Transfer learning enables robust prediction of cellular toxicity from environmental micro- and nanoplastics

    Kunpeng Chen, Keyuan Li, Alexa Canchola, Jinyong Liu, Qing Liu, Wei-Chun Chou

2024

  • Eco-Environment & Health · 3(4): 476-493

    Adverse outcome pathway for the neurotoxicity of Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances: A systematic review

    Shenpan Li, Shuangjian Qin, Huixian Zeng, Weichun Chou, Anna Oudin, Katja M Kanninen, Pasi Jalava, Guanghui Dong, Xiaowen Zeng

  • Environmental Science & Technology · 58 (42): 18928–18939

    Development of a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model for F-53B in Pregnant Mice and Its Extrapolation to Humans

    Jing Zhang, Shen-Pan Li, Qing-Qing Li, Yun-Ting Zhang, Guang-Hui Dong, Alexa Canchola, Xiaowen Zeng, Wei-Chun Chou

  • Talanta · 272: 125741

    Development of a rapid aptamer-chemiluminescence sensor for detecting glyphosate pesticide residue in soybeans

    Rui-Cian Weng, Min-Cheng Tsou, Jyun-Lin Lee, Chao-Ming Tseng, Yu-Fen Huang, Yu-Lin Xiao, Yen-Pei Lu, Wei-Chun Chou, Ruey-Feng Chang, Chun-Yu Chuang

  • Environmental Research · 248: 118305

    Hepatic injury and ileitis associated with gut microbiota dysbiosis in mice upon F–53B exposure

    Shenpan Li, LuYin Wu, HuiXian Zeng, Jing Zhang, ShuangJian Qin, Li-Xia Liang, John Andersson, Wen-Jie Meng, Xing-Yu Chen, Qi-Zhen Wu, Li-Zi Lin, Wei-Chun Chou, Guang-Hui Dong, Xiao-Wen Zeng

  • Current Opinion in Biotechnology · 85: 103046

    Impact of protein coronas on nanoparticle interactions with tissues and targeted delivery

    Wei-Chun Chou, Zhoumeng Lin

  • Environmental Pollution · 349: 123875

    LncRNA NR_030777 promotes mitophagy by targeting CDK1-related mitochondrial fission and ATG12 to attenuate paraquat-induced Parkinson's disease

    Nengzhou Chen, Hong Hu, Jianping Tang, Fuli Zheng, Zhenkun Guo, Xinpei Lin, Michael Aschner, Wenya Shao, Guangxia Yu, Ping Cai, Wei-Chun Chou, Siying Wu, Huangyuan Li

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials · 470: 134161

    Long-term exposure to major constituents of fine particulate matter and neurodegenerative diseases: A population-based survey in the Pearl River Delta Region, China

    Qi-Zhen Wu, Hui-Xian Zeng, John Andersson, Anna Oudin, Katja M Kanninen, Mu-Wu Xu, Shuang-Jian Qin, Qing-Guo Zeng, Bin Zhao, Mei Zheng, Nanxiang Jin, Wei-Chun Chou, Pasi Jalava, Guang-Hui Dong, Xiao-Wen Zeng

  • Nanotoxicology · 18 (6): 527–541

    Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling of metal nanoparticles for risk assessment of inhalation exposures: a state-of-the-science expert panel review

    CR Kirman, B Kent, J Bigelow, RA Canady, Q Chen, WC Chou, D Li, Z Lin, V Kumar, A Paini, P Poulin, LM Sweeney, SM Hays

  • Journal of Controlled Release · 374: 219–229

    Predicting tissue distribution and tumor delivery of nanoparticles in mice using machine learning models

    Kun Mi, Wei-Chun Chou, Qiran Chen, Long Yuan, Venkata N Kamineni, Yashas Kuchimanchi, Chunla He, Nancy A Monteiro-Riviere, Jim E Riviere, Zhoumeng Lin

  • Food and Chemical Toxicology · 190: 114809

    Preface to the special issue of Food and Chemical Toxicology on “New approach methodologies and machine learning in food safety and chemical risk assessment: Development of reproducible, open-source, and user-friendly tools for exposure, toxicokinetic, and toxicity assessments in the 21st century”

    Zhoumeng Lin, Danilo Basili, Wei-Chun Chou

  • Environmental Science & Technology · 58 (43): 19568–19569

    Rebuttal to Correspondence on “Fetal Glucocorticoid Mediates the Association between Prenatal Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure and Neonatal Growth Index: Evidence from a Birth Cohort Study”

    Dan Cai, Qing-qing Li, Zeeshan Mohammed, Wei-Chun Chou, Jinbo Huang, Minli Kong, Yanqi Xie, Yunjiang Yu, Guocheng Hu, Jianying Qi, Yang Zhou, Weihong Tan, Lizi Lin, Rongliang Qiu, Guanghui Dong, Xiao-Wen Zeng

2023

  • Journal of Controlled Release · 361: 53-63

    An artificial intelligence-assisted physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model to predict nanoparticle delivery to tumors in mice

    Chou WC, Chen Q, Yuan L, Cheng YH, He C, Monteiro-Riviere NA, Riviere JE, Lin Z

  • Science of The Total Environment · 165112

    An integrative analysis of lipidomics and transcriptomics in various mouse brain regions in response to real-ambient PM2. 5 exposure

    Qin S. Zeng H, Wu Q, Li Q, Zeeshan M, Ye L, Jiang Y, Zhang R, Jiang X, Li M, Chou WC; et al

  • Food and Chemical Toxicology · 181: 114062

    Development and application of an interactive generic physiologically based pharmacokinetic (igPBPK) model for adult beef cattle and lactating dairy cows to estimate tissue distribution and edible tissue and milk withdrawal intervals for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

    Chou WC, Tell LA, Baynes RE, Davis JL, Cheng YH, Maunsell FP, Riviere JE, Lin Z*

  • Environmental Science & Technology · 57 (31): 11420-11429

    Fetal Glucocorticoid Mediates the Association between Prenatal Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure and Neonatal Growth Index: Evidence from a Birth Cohort Study

    Cai D, Li QQ, Mohammed Z, Chou WC, Huang J, Kong M, Xie Y, Yu Y, Hu G, Qi J

  • International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health · 252: 114195

    Human biomonitoring reference values, exposure distribution, and characteristics of metals in the general population of Taiwan: Taiwan environmental survey for Toxicants (TESTs), 2013-2016

    Liao KW, Chen PC, Chou WC, Shiue I, Huang HI, Chang WT, Huang PC

  • Toxicological Sciences · 191 (1): 1-14

    Machine learning and artificial intelligence in physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling

    Chou WC, Lin Z

  • ACS nano

    Meta-Analysis of Nanoparticle Distribution in Tumors and Major Organs in Tumor-Bearing Mice

    Chen Q, Yuan L, Chou WC, Cheng YH, He C, Monteiro-Riviere NA, Riviere JE, Lin Z

  • Environmental Pollution · 334: 122138

    Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in ambient fine particulate matter in the Pearl River Delta, China: Levels, distribution and health implications

    Liu LS, Guo YT, Wu QZ, Zeeshan M, Qin SJ, Zeng HX, Lin Z, Chou WC, Yu, YJ, Dong GH

  • Environmental Science & Technology · 57 (9): 3746-3757

    Prenatal Exposure to Legacy and Alternative Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Neuropsychological Development Trajectories over the First 3 Years of Life

    Li QQ, Huang J, Cai D, Chou WC, Zeeshan M, Chu C, Zhou Y, Lin L, Ma HM, Tang C

2022

  • Food and Chemical Toxicology · 168: 113332

    A web-based interactive physiologically based pharmacokinetic (iPBPK) model for meloxicam in broiler chickens and laying hens

    Yuan L, Chou WC, Richards ED, Tell LA, Baynes RE, Davis JL, Riviere JE, Lin Z*

  • Toxicological Sciences · 188 (2): 180-197

    An interactive generic physiologically based pharmacokinetic (igPBPK) modeling platform to predict drug withdrawal intervals in cattle and swine: A case study on flunixin, florfenicol, and penicillin G

    Chou WC, Tell LA, Baynes RE, Davis JL, Maunsell FP, Riviere JE, Lin Z*

  • Science of The Total Environment · 843: 156821

    Cumulative risk assessment and exposure characteristics of parabens in the general Taiwanese using multiple hazard indices approaches

    Huang PC, Chen HC, Chou WC, Lin HW, Chang WT, Chang JW

  • Particle and Fibre Toxicology · 19 (1): 1-19

    Development of a multi-route physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for nanomaterials: a comparison between a traditional versus a new route-specific approach using gold nanoparticles in rats

    Chou WC, Cheng YH, Riviere JE, Monteiro-Riviere NA, Kreyling WG, Lin Z*

  • Environmental Science & Technology · 56 (6): 3623-3633

    Integration of toxicogenomics and physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling in human health risk assessment of perfluorooctane sulfonate

    Chen Q, Chou WC, Lin Z

  • Toxicological Sciences · 189 (1): 7-19

    Machine learning and artificial intelligence in toxicological sciences

    Lin Z, Chou WC

  • Environmental Health · 21 (1): 1-15

    Mediation effects of thyroid function in the associations between phthalate exposure and lipid metabolism in adults

    Huang HB, Cheng PK, Siao CY, Lo YTC, Chou WC, Huang PC

  • International Journal of Nanomedicine · 1365-1379

    Predicting nanoparticle delivery to tumors using machine learning and artificial intelligence approaches

    Lin Z, Chou WC, Cheng YH, He C, Monteiro-Riviere NA, Riviere JE

2021

  • Environment International · 154: 106657

    Cumulative risk assessment of phthalates exposure for recurrent pregnancy loss in reproductive-aged women population using multiple hazard indices approaches

    Chang WH, Chou WC, Waits A, Liao KW, Kuo PL, Huang PC

  • Environmental Health Perspectives · 129 (3): 037004

    Development of a gestational and lactational physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in rats and humans and its implications in the derivation of health-based toxicity values

    Chou WC, Lin Z

  • International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health · 235: 113769

    Human biomonitoring reference values and characteristics of Phthalate exposure in the general population of Taiwan: Taiwan Environmental Survey for Toxicants 2013-2016

    Liao KW, Chang WH, Chou WC, Huang HB, Waits A, Chen PC, Huang PC

  • Applied Radiation and Isotopes · 176: 109762

    Optimization of alkali fusion process for determination of I-129 in solidified radwastes by neutron activation

    Chao JH, Chuang CY, Chou WC, Kuo CL, Chang FC, Chiang AC

  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research · 28: 32580-32591

    Study on the correlation of bisphenol A exposure, pro-inflammatory gene expression, and C-reactive protein with potential cardiovascular disease symptoms in young adults

    Tsen CM, Liu JH, Yang DP, Chao HR, Chen JL, Chou WC, Ho YC, Chuang CY

2020

  • Food and Chemical Toxicology · 137: 111127

    A physiologically based pharmacokinetic model of doxycycline for predicting tissue residues and withdrawal intervals in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

    Xu N, Li M, Chou WC, Lin Z

  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research · 27: 12112-12121

    Assessing dietary exposure risk to neonicotinoid residues among preschool children in regions of Taiwan

    Ling MP, Hsiao HA, Chen SC, Chen WY, Chou WC, Lin YJ, You SH, Yang YF, Lin, H. C.; Chen, C. Y.

  • Environment International · 137: 105581

    Probabilistic human health risk assessment of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) by integrating in vitro, in vivo toxicity, and human epidemiological studies using a Bayesian-based dose-response assessment coupled with PBPK modeling

    Chou WC, Lin Z*

2019

  • Environment International · 129: 408-422

    Bayesian evaluation of a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) to characterize interspecies uncertainty between mice, rats, monkeys, and humans

    Chou WC, Lin Z

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 20 (23): 6101

    MCP-1/MCPIP-1 signaling modulates the effects of IL-1β in renal cell carcinoma through ER stress-mediated apoptosis

    Lee, C. H.; Hung, P. F.; Lu, S. C.; Chung, H. L.; Chiang, S. L.; Wu, C. T.; Chou, W. C.; Sun, C. Y.

  • Science of the Total Environment · 670: 439-447

    PM2.5-and PM10-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the residential area near coal-fired power and steelmaking plants of Taichung City, Taiwan: In vitro-based health risk and source identification

    Zhu J, Hsu CY, Chou WC, Chen MJ, Chen JL, Yang TT, Wu YS, Chen YC

  • Journal of Food and Drug Analysis · 27 (1): 347-354

    Prioritization of pesticides in crops with a semi-quantitative risk ranking method for Taiwan postmarket monitoring program

    Chou WC, Tsai WR, Chang HH, Lu SY, Lin KF, Lin P

Edited Books & Book Chapters

  • 2026 · Book chapter · Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Toxicology and Environmental Health · 99–138

    Application of machine learning and artificial intelligence methods in physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling

    Wei-Chun Chou, Miao Li, Zhoumeng Lin

  • 2026 · Book chapter · Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Toxicology and Environmental Health · 61–97

    Application of machine learning and artificial intelligence methods in the predictions of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion properties of chemicals

    Wei-Chun Chou, Miao Li, Srijit Seal, Zhoumeng Lin

  • 2026 · Book chapter · Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Toxicology and Environmental Health · 1–26

    Applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence in toxicology and environmental health

    Zhoumeng Lin, Pei-Yu Wu, Wei-Chun Chou

  • 2026 · Book chapter · Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Toxicology and Environmental Health · 27–59

    Basics of machine learning and artificial intelligence methods in toxicology and environmental health

    Wei-Chun Chou, Weitao Chen, Kunpeng Chen

  • 2025 · Edited book · Elsevier · 1st edition

    Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Toxicology and Environmental Health

    Lin Z, Chou WC, editors

    ISBN 978-0-443-30010-3

  • 2021 · Book chapter · 779-801

    Bisphenol A—toxicity and risk assessment update with academic and regulatory perspectives and physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling (3rd Edition)

    Fan A, Chou WC, Lin, P

  • 2020 · Book chapter · Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling: Methods and Applications in Toxicology and Risk Assessment · 243-280

    PBPK model calibration, evaluation, and performance assessment

    Lin, Z., Cheng, Y.H., Chou, W.C., Li, M

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