Evaluation of liver and thyroid toxicity in Sprague-Dawley rats after exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ether BDE-209

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 535-545

  Lee, Ena ^a   Kim, Tae Hyung ^a   Choi, Jae Seok ^a   Nabanata, Patra ^a   Kim, Na Young ^a   Ahn, Mee Young ^a   Jung, Ki Kyung ^b   Kang, Il Hyun ^b   Kim, Tae Sung ^b   Kwack, Seung Jun ^b   Park, Kui Lea ^b   Kim, Seung Hee ^b   Kang, Tae Seok ^b   Lee, Jaewon ^a   Lee, Byung Mu ^c   Kim, Hyung Sik ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CAR; Hepatotoxicity; Polybrominated diphenyl ether; PXR; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE ANDROSTANE RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; CYTOCHROME P450 2B1; CYTOCHROME P450 3A1; LIOTHYRONINE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; PREGNANE X RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFLAMMATION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FATTY DEGENERATION; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID WEIGHT; TOXICITY;

RATTUS;

EID: 77956839057     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.35.535     Document Type: Article

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