Developing in vitro reporter gene assays to assess the hormone receptor activities of chemicals frequently detected in drinking water

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 635-641

  Sun, Hong ^a   Si, Chaozong ^b   Bian, Qian ^a   Chen, Xiaodong ^a   Chen, Liansheng ^a   Wang, Xinru ^c  

^a Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^b Suzhou City Centre for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

2,4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; Bisphenol A; Chlorpyrifos; Combination effect; Di 2 ethylhexyl phthalate; Endocrine disruptor

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CHLORPYRIFOS; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LIOTHYRONINE; LUCIFERASE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOTOXICITY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VERO CELL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHINA; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; PHENOLS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; VERO CELLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84862839937     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1790     Document Type: Article

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