Pyrethroid and their metabolite, 3-phenoxybenzoic acid showed similar (anti)estrogenic activity in human and rat estrogen receptor α-mediated reporter gene assays

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 371-377

  Sun, Hong ^a   Chen, Wen ^b   Xu, Xiaolin ^c   Ding, Zhen ^a   Chen, Xiaodong ^a,b   Wang, Xinru ^b  

^a Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Jiangsu Provincial Center for Diseases Prevention and Control   (China)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Estrogen; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

3 PHENOXYBENZOIC ACID; CYPERMETHRIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FENVALERATE; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE B; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID; RENILLA LUCIFERIN 2 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; HORMONE ACTION; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGEN; PESTICIDES;

ANIMALS; BENZOATES; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; ESTROGENS; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; PYRETHRINS; RATS;

EID: 84891652019     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2013.11.031     Document Type: Article

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