Effects of mixtures of polychlorinated biphenyls, methylmercury, and organochlorine pesticides on hepatic DNA methylation in prepubertal female sprague-dawley rats

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 294-307

  Desaulniers, Daniel ^a   Xiao, Gong Hua ^b   Lian, Hong ^b   Feng, Yong Lai ^b   Zhu, Jiping ^b   Nakai, Jamie ^b   Bowers, Wayne J ^b  

^a Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Methylmercury; Mixture; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Rat

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREPUBERTY; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIVER; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

RATTUS;

EID: 73149096067     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091581809337918     Document Type: Article

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