Tartrazine and sunset yellow are xenoestrogens in a new screening assay to identify modulators of human oestrogen receptor transcriptional activity

Toxicology

Volumn 298, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 40-51

  Axon, Andrew ^a,c   May, Felicity E B ^b   Gaughan, Luke E ^b   Williams, Faith M ^c   Blain, Peter G ^c   Wright, Matthew C ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholestasis; Cosmetic additive; Food additive; MCF 7 cells; Oestrogen receptors; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; COAL; COSMETIC; DRUG ADDITIVE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUCOCORTICOID; PROGESTERONE; SUNSET YELLOW; TARTRAZINE; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; FOOD; FOOD COLOR; GENE CONSTRUCT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SCREENING; THYROID GLAND;

AZO COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLORING AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; TARTRAZINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 84861950221     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: 18793185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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