Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and arylhydrocarbon receptor agonists: Different toxicity and target gene expression

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-126

  Wahl, M ^a,c   Guenther, R ^a   Yang, L ^a   Bergman, A ^b   Straehle, U ^a   Strack, S ^a   Weiss, C ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

AhR; BDE47; Flame retardants; Microarray analysis; PBDE; Tetrabrominated dibenzofuran; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRABROMO DIBENZOFURAN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; EMBRYO; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATOMA CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HEPATOCYTES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RATS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77955922878     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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