A rapid screening test for endocrine disrupting chemicals using primary cell culture of the marine medaka

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 144-145, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-58

  Tse, Anna C K ^a   Lau, Karen Y T ^a   Ge, Wei ^b   Wu, Rudolf S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

EDC; In vitro assay; Primary cell culture; Rapid screening

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3ALPHA(OR 20BETA) HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 4 NONYLPHENOL; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RNA 18S; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS MELASTIGMA; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTIS CELL;

EDC; IN VITRO ASSAY; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; RAPID SCREENING;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; ORYZIAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84885713274     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.09.022     Document Type: Article

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