Reductions in hepatic vitellogenin and estrogen receptor alpha expression by sediments from an agriculturally impacted waterway

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-108

  Sellin, Marlo K ^a   Snow, Daniel D ^b   Kolok, Alan S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural runoff; Fathead minnow; Gene expression; Pesticides; Sediment

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ACETOCHLOR; ATRAZINE; DIMETHENAMID; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; PESTICIDE; PROPAZINE; RIVER WATER; SIMAZINE; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

CYPRINID; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GENE EXPRESSION; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEX REVERSAL; WATERSHED;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LIVER; MALE; PESTICIDES; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ELKHORN RIVER; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINIDAE; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 74449085402     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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