Effects of hexabromocyclododecane and polybrominated diphenyl ethers on mRNA expression in chicken (Gallus domesticus) hepatocytes

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 479-487

  Crump, Doug ^a   Chiu, Suzanne ^a   Egloff, Caroline ^a   Kennedy, Sean W ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avian; Gene expression; HBCD; PBDE; Phase I and II enzymes; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 2H1; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; CYTOCHROME P450 3A37; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A9; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; PREALBUMIN; THYROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; ETHERS; HEPATOCYTES; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 56649089890     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfn196     Document Type: Article

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