Bisphenol AF is a full agonist for the estrogen receptor ERα but a highly specific antagonist for ERβ

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1267-1272

  Matsushima, Ayami ^a   Liu, Xiaohui ^a   Okada, Hiroyuki ^a   Shimohigashi, Miki ^b   Shimohigashi, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bisphenol a; Bisphenol AF; Endocrine disruptor; Estrogen receptors; Receptor antagonist; Receptor binding

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; HEXAFLUOROBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PHENOLS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 77956802432     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901819     Document Type: Article

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