Leptin-mediated modulation of steroidogenic gene expression in hypoxic zebrafish embryos: Implications for the disruption of sex steroids

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 9112-9119

  Yu, Richard Man Kit ^a   Chu, Daniel Ling Ho ^b   Tan, Tian Feng ^b   Li, Vincent Wai Tsun ^b   Chan, Alice Ka Yee ^b   Giesy, John P ^b,c   Cheng, Shuk Han ^b   Wu, Rudolf Shiu Sun ^b,d   Kong, Richard Yuen Chong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUCERS; COBALT CHLORIDES; DANIO RERIO; DOWN-REGULATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSAYS; GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; POST-FERTILIZATION; SEX STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE; UP-REGULATION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH EMBRYOS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COBALT; HORMONES; LIPIDS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

COBALT CHLORIDE; ESTRADIOL; LEPTIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CHLORIDE; CYPRINID; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; HYPOXIA; INHIBITION; PROTEIN; STEROID;

3BETA HSD GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CYP11A GENE; CYP17 GENE; CYP19A GENE; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LEPTIN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; PISCES;

EID: 84865467440     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301758c     Document Type: Article

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