Disruption of thyroid hormone-dependent hypothalamic set-points by environmental contaminants

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-182

  Decherf, Stéphanie ^a   Seugnet, Isabelle ^a   Fini, Jean Baptiste ^a   Clerget Froidevaux, Marie Stéphanie ^a   Demeneix, Barbara A ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Melanocortin receptor type 4 (MC4R); Obesity; Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA); Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH); Transcriptional regulation; Tributyltin chloride (TBT)

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PROTIRELIN; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRIBUTYLTIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VIVO STUDY; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PLASMID; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; PHARMACOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77952957282     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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