Transcriptional responses in the brain, liver and gonad of Japanese ricefish (Oryzias latipes) exposed to two anti-estrogens

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 392-401

  Sun, Liwei ^a   Shao, Xiaolu ^a   Chi, Jian ^a   Hu, Xinhua ^a   Jin, Yuanxiang ^a   Fu, Zhengwei ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitor (AI); Endocrine disruption; Fish; Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal (HPG or HPG L liver) axis; Selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM)

Indexed keywords

(1 BUTYLAMINO 3 METHYLBUTYL)(1 PYRROLIDINYL) KETONE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 11A; CYTOCHROME P450 11B; CYTOCHROME P450 17A; CYTOCHROME P450 17B; CYTOCHROME P450 19A; CYTOCHROME P450 19B; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; LETROZOLE; MESSENGER RNA; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE;

EID: 79952739591     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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