Early weaning PCB95 exposure alters the neonatal endocrine system: Thyroid adipokine dysfunction

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 205-215

  Ahmed, R G ^a  

^a Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Adipokines; PCB 95; Rat newborns; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; DNA; FAT; INSULIN; LEPTIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SOMATOMEDIN C; 2,2',3,5',6 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,2',3,5',6-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PESTICIDE; THYROID HORMONE; POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EDEMA; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FIBROSIS; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID DYSGENESIS; WEANING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PCB 95; POLLUTANT; RANDOMIZATION; RAT NEWBORNS; SECRETION (PROCESS); THYROID GLAND; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; TOXICITY;

ADIPOKINES; PCB 95; RAT NEWBORNS; THYROID;

ADIPOKINES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOKINES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FIBROSIS; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; WEANING;

EID: 84890224803     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-13-0302     Document Type: Article

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