Parallel biotransformation of tetrabromobisphenol A in Xenopus laevis and mammals: Xenopus as a model for endocrine perturbation studies

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 359-367

  Fini, Jean Baptiste ^a   Riu, Anne ^b   Debrauwer, Laurent ^b   Hillenweck, Anne ^b   Le mével, Sébastien ^a   Chevolleau, Sylvie ^b   Boulahtouf, Abdelaye ^b   Palmier, Karima ^c   Balaguer, Patrick ^a   Cravedi, Jean Pierre ^c   Demeneix, Barbara A ^a   Zalko, Daniel ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b TOXALIM RESEARCH CENTRE IN FOOD TOXICOLOGY   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Endocrine disruption; Metabolism; Phase II metabolism; TBBPA; Thyroid hormone; Vertebrate model

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONIDE; SULFATE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENZYME METABOLISM; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMAL; METABOLITE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOACTIVITY; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84856112578     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr312     Document Type: Article

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