Affinity for thyroid hormone and estrogen receptors of hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 607-614

  Kitamura, Shigeyuki ^a,b   Shinohara, Seiji ^a   Iwase, Eri ^a   Sugihara, Kazumi ^a   Uramaru, Naoto ^a,b   Shigematsu, Hidenari ^b   Fujimoto, Nariaki ^a   Ohta, Shigeru ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogenic activity; Hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ether; Polybrominated diphenyl ether; Thyroid hormonal activity

Indexed keywords

2,2'3,4,4',5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,3,4,5,6 PENTABROMOPHENOL; 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOL; 3 HYDROXY 2,2'4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 3' HYDROXY 2,4 DIBROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 4 HYDROXY 2,2',3,4',5 PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 4 METHOXY 2,2',3,4',5 PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 4' HYDROXY 2,2',3,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 4' HYDROXY 2,2',4 TRIBROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 4' HYDROXY 2,2'4,5' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETHER DERIVATIVE; LIOTHYRONINE; PENTABROMOPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TETRABROMOHYDROQUINONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 54249095556     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.54.607     Document Type: Article

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