Does 2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether interact directly with thyroid receptor?

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-184

  Suvorov, Alexander ^a   Bissonnette, Cyntia ^a   Takser, Larissa ^a   Langlois, Marie France ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental toxicology; Gene expression; Microarrays; PBDE; Thyroid hormone receptor; Thyroid hormone response element

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; LUCIFERASE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CELL STRAIN HEK293; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPORTER GENE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LACTATION; LIVER; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTORS BETA;

RATTUS;

EID: 79951986890     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1580     Document Type: Article

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