Differential estrogenic effects of the persistent organochlorine pesticides dieldrin, endosulfan, and lindane in primary neuronal cultures

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 413-427

  Briz, Víctor ^a,c   Molina Molina, José Manuel ^b,c   Sánchez Redondo, Sara ^a,c   Fernández, Mariana F ^b,c   Grimalt, Joan O ^d   Olea, Nicolás ^b,c   Rodríguez Farré, Eduard ^a,c   Suñol, Cristina ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Extracellular regulated kinase; Neuronal cultures; Pesticides; Protein kinase B (Akt)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; LINDANE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FETUS; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79953069561     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr019     Document Type: Article

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