Thyroid endocrine disruption in zebrafish larvae after exposure to mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Zhai, Wenhui ^a,b   Huang, Zhigang ^b   Chen, Li ^a   Feng, Cong ^a   Li, Bei ^a   Li, Tanshi ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b The 305 Hospital of Chinese PLA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PREALBUMIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; THYROXINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; MONO-(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIO2 GENE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LARVA; MALE; NIS GENE; NKX2.1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAX8 GENE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TG GENE; THYROID ENDOCRINE TOXICITY; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS; TOXICITY; TSHBETA GENE; TTR GENE; UGT1AB GENE; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; LARVA; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84899079273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092465     Document Type: Article

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