Sulfated metabolites of polychlorinated biphenyls are high-affinity ligands for the thyroid hormone transport protein transthyretin

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 657-662

  Grimm, Fabian A ^a   Lehmler, Hans Joachim ^a   He, Xianran ^a   Robertson, Larry W ^a   Duffel, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydroxylated PCB; OH PCB; PCB; PCB sulfates; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Sulfation; Thyroid disruption; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PREALBUMIN; SULFOTRANSFERASE 1A1;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR DOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFATED METABOLITE;

ARYLSULFOTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREALBUMIN; SULFATES; THYROXINE;

EID: 84878441726     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1206198     Document Type: Article

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