DDT and its metabolite DDE alter steroid hormone secretion in human term placental explants by regulation of aromatase activity

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-30

  Wójtowicz, Anna K ^a   Milewicz, Tomasz ^a   Gregoraszczuk, Ewa Ł ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aromatase; DDE; DDT; Estradiol; Human term placenta; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; AROMATASE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); ESTRADIOL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLITE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOKINETICS;

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; DDT; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; PESTICIDES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGESTERONE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34547657829     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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