Evaluation of estrogenic activity of phthalate esters by gene expression profiling using a focused microarray (EstrArray®)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1416-1425

  Parveen, Meher ^a   Inoue, Akio ^b   Ise, Ryota ^b   Tanji, Masao ^b   Kiyama, Ryoiti ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b InfoGenes Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA microarray; Gene expression profile; Gene function; Phthalate; Xenoestrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; ESTERIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; MICROARRAYS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLASTICIZERS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

BUTYL BENZYL PHTHALATE (BBP); DIBUTYL PHTHALATE (DBP); DIETHYL PHTHALATE (DEP); DNA MICRO ARRAYS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MCF 7 CELLS; MICRO ARRAYS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NATURAL ESTROGEN; PHTHALATE; PHTHALATE ESTERS; PHTHALATES (KAP);

ESTERS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIISOPROPYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; PLASTICIZER;

ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GENE EXPRESSION; PHTHALATE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTERS; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45249120393     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-399.1     Document Type: Article

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