Morphological and functional deterioration of the rat thyroid following chronic exposure to low-dose PCB118

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 989-994

  Tang, Jin Mei ^a   Li, Wen ^a   Xie, Yu Chun ^a   Guo, Hong Wei ^a   Cheng, Pei ^a   Chen, Huan Huan ^a   Zheng, Xu Qin ^a   Jiang, Lin ^a   Cui, Dai ^a   Liu, Yun ^a   Ding, Guo Xian ^a   Duan, Yu ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental endocrine disruptors; Polychlorinated biphenyls 118; Sodium iodide symporter; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid hormones; Thyroidal histopathology disturbance

Indexed keywords

2,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; LIOTHYRONINE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SODIUM IODIDE SYMPORTER; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZEA MAYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS 118; SODIUM-IODIDE SYMPORTER; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONES; THYROIDAL HISTOPATHOLOGY DISTURBANCE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SYMPORTERS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84885851395     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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