Changes of thyroid hormone levels and related gene expression in Chinese rare minnow (Gobiocypris rarus) during 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole exposure and recovery

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-57

  Li, Wei ^a   Zha, Jinmiao ^a   Spear, Philip A ^b   Li, Zhaoli ^a   Yang, Lihua ^a   Wang, Zijian ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amitrole; Deiodinases; Endocrine disruption; Rare minnow (Gobiocypris rarus); Thyroid hormone receptor (TR); Transthyretin (TTR)

Indexed keywords

AMITROLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; PREALBUMIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROXINE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE 1; THYROXINE DEIODINASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMARKER; CYPRINID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; D1 GENE; D2 GENE; DEGENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE MINNOW; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TR ALPHA GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TTR GENE; UPREGULATION;

AMITROLE; ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CYPRINIDAE; GOBIOCYPRIS RARUS;

EID: 60949087787     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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