In vivo and in vitro Ah-receptor activation by commercial and fractionated pentabromodiphenylether using zebrafish (Danio rerio) and the DR-CALUX assay

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 366-375

  Kuiper, R V ^a   Murk, A J ^b   Leonards, P E G ^b,c   Grinwis, G C M ^a   van den Berg, M ^d   Vos, J G ^a,e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; CYP1A; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; PBDE; TEQ; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR AGONIST; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; DE 71; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; LIGAND; PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FISH; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; JUVENILE; PBDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY;

AGONIST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOCARDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRACTIONATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; JUVENILE; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REPORTER GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM; FLAME RETARDANTS; GENES, REPORTER; GILLS; LIVER; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748610525     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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