A biphasic effect of the fungicide prochloraz on aldosterone, but not cortisol, secretion in human adrenal H295R cells-Underlying mechanisms

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 191, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 174-180

  Ohlsson, Åsa ^a   Ullerås, Erik ^a   Oskarsson, Agneta ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Aldosterone; Cortisol; Hormesis; Prochloraz; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 11B1; CYTOCHROME P450 17A1; CYTOCHROME P450 21A2; HYDROCORTISONE; PROCHLORAZ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ALDOSTERONE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMIDAZOLES; PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

EID: 70449521090     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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