Endocrine-disrupting chemicals use distinct mechanisms of action to modulate endocrine system function

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Henley, Derek V ^a   Korach, Kenneth S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DI(N BUTYL)PHTHALATE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE; LAVENDUSTIN A; METHOXYACETIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ABORTION; ATROPHY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; DISEASE MODEL; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HOX GENE; HUMAN; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA;

ACETIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 33646811829     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-1117     Document Type: Review

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