Thyroid disruption by Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) and mono-n-butyl phthalate (MBP) in xenopus laevis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Shen, Ouxi ^a,b   Wu, Wei ^b   Du, Guizhen ^b   Liu, Renping ^a   Yu, Lugang ^a   Sun, Hong ^c   Han, Xiumei ^b   Jiang, Yi ^d   Shi, Wei ^e   Hu, Wei ^e   Song, Ling ^b   Xia, Yankai ^b   Wang, Shoulin ^b   Wang, Xinru ^b  

^a The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Suzhou Industrial Park   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONO N BUTYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PLASTICIZER; RETINOID X RECEPTOR GAMMA; SILENCING MEDIATOR OF RETINOID AND THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN ALPHA; THYROTROPIN BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHTHALIC ACID BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; METAMORPHOSIS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RXR GAMMA GENE; THYROID DISEASE; TR BETA GENE; TSH ALPHA GENE; TSH BETA GENE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; RETINOID X RECEPTOR GAMMA; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTORS BETA; THYROTROPIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79955528331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019159     Document Type: Article

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