Molecular imaging, an innovative methodology for whole-body profiling of endocrine disrupter action

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 304-311

  Di Lorenzo, Diego ^a   Rando, Gianpaolo ^b   Ciana, Paolo ^b   Maggi, Adriana ^b,c  

^a Civic Hospital of Brescia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Department of Pharmacological Sciences ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal testing; Dietary estrogens; Endocrine disrupters; Estrogen receptors; Optical imaging; Reporter animals

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE; LUCIFERASE; RESVERATROL; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL SPECIFICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POLLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE; MICE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 56649122116     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfn191     Document Type: Review

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