2,2′,6,6′-Tetrachlorobiphenyl is estrogenic in vitro and in vivo

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 94-102

  Arcaro, Kathleen F ^a,b   Yi, Liangdong ^a   Seegal, Richard F ^a,b   Vakharia, Dilip D ^b   Yang, Yi ^b   Spink, David C ^a,b   Brosch, Karl ^b   Gierthy, John F ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; MCF 7 cells; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RALOXIFENE; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGAN SIZE; PIPERIDINES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RALOXIFENE; RATS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERUS;

EID: 0032890155     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19990101)72:1<94::AID-JCB10>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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