Tris(2-butoxyethyl)phosphate and triethyl phosphate alter embryonic development, hepatic mRNA expression, thyroid hormone levels, and circulating bile acid concentrations in chicken embryos

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 279, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 303-310

  Egloff, Caroline ^a   Crump, Doug ^a   Porter, Emily ^a   Williams, Kim L ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^a   Gauthier, Lewis T ^a   Kennedy, Sean W ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avian embryonic development; Bile acids; MRNA expression; TBOEP; TEP; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; MESSENGER RNA; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; PREALBUMIN; THYROID HORMONE; TRIETHYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 BUTOXYETHYL)PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ACTIN; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 2H1; CYTOCHROME P450 3A37; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A9; LIVER ENZYME; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GENE TARGETING; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BODY GROWTH; CHICKEN; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXPOSURE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GALLBLADDER; GENE EXPRESSION; HEEL; INCUBATION TIME; LIMIT OF DETECTION; SEX DETERMINATION;

AVIAN EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; BILE ACIDS; MRNA EXPRESSION; TBOEP; TEP; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMALS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FLAME RETARDANTS; LIVER; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84904441148     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2014.06.024     Document Type: Article

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