Prenatal exposure to phthalates and intrauterine inflammation: A unifying hypothesis

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 743-

  Latini, Giuseppe ^a,b   Massaro, Marika ^c   De Felice, Claudio ^d  

^a PERRINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FATTY ACID; ICOSANOID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR AGONIST; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DISORDER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; INFLAMMATION; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 18144367714     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfi131     Document Type: Letter

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