Vitellogenin synthesis in primary cultures of fish liver cells as endpoint for in vitro screening of the (anti)estrogenic activity of chemical substances

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-22

  Navas, José M ^a   Segner, Helmut ^b  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antiestrogenicity; Estrogenicity; Fish; In vitro screen; Primary hepatocytes; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ESTROGEN; VITELLOGENIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; DATA ACQUISITION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; IN SITU TEST; PROTEIN; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOTOXICITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FISH; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LIVER CELL CULTURE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SCREENING TEST; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; ESTROGENS; FISHES; HEPATOCYTES; VITELLOGENINS; XENOBIOTICS;

TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33748796347     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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