Effects of natural and synthetic estrogens and various environmental contaminants on vitellogenesis in fish primary hepatocytes: Comparison of bream (Abramis brama) and carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-102

  Rouhani Rankouhi, T ^a   Sanderson, J T ^a   van Holsteijn, I ^a   van Leeuwen, C ^a   Vethaak, A D ^b   van den Berg, M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Anti )estrogenecity; Bream; Carp; Dioxins; Hepatocytes; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; METHOXYCHLOR; NONYLPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CARP; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IC 50; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEA BREAM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CARPS; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYPRINIDAE; DIET; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; VITELLOGENESIS; VITELLOGENINS;

ABRAMIS; ABRAMIS BRAMA; BRAMA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA;

EID: 4444307106     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfh176     Document Type: Article

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