Induction of aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated and estrogen receptor-mediated activities, and modulation of cell proliferation by dinaphthofurans

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2214-2220

  Vondráček, Jan ^a,c   Chramostová, Kateřina ^c   Plíšková, Martina ^a,b   Bláha, Luděk ^a,b   Brack, Werner ^d   Kozubik, Alois ^c   Machala, Miroslav ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor mediated activity; Estrogenicity; Heterocyclic polyaromatic hydrocarbons; Intercellular communication inhibition

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CELL PROLIFERATION; FRESHWATER SEDIMENTS;

HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FURAN DERIVATIVE; LUCIFERASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RECEPTOR;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; PAH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESTROGENS; FURANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHALENES; RATS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; S PHASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3943049423     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-620     Document Type: Article

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