Interaction of PFOS and BDE-47 co-exposure on thyroid hormone levels and TH-related gene and protein expression in developing rat brains

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 279-291

  Wang, Faqi ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Jin, Yihe ^a   Dai, Jiayin ^b   Zhao, Hongxia ^a   Xie, Qing ^a   Liu, Xiaohui ^a   Yu, Wenguang ^a   Ma, Junsheng ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

BDE 47; BDNF; BTEB; Combined toxicity; Developmental neurotoxicity; GAP 43; NCAM1; PFOS; TH mediated transcription; Thyroid hormone; TR

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; BASIC TRANSCRIPTION ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LIOTHYRONINE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROMODULIN; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TIME;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79957796463     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr068     Document Type: Article

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