Polybrominated diphenyl ether (DE-71) interferes with thyroid hormone action independent of effects on circulating levels of thyroid hormone in male rats

Endocrinology (United States)

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4104-4112

  Bansal, Ruby ^a   Tighe, Daniel ^a   Danai, Amin ^a   Rawn, Dorothea F K ^b   Gaertner, Dean W ^b   Arnold, Doug L ^b   Gilbert, Mary E ^c   Zoeller, R Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYL ETHER; DRINKING WATER; LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROID HORMONE; ANTITHYROID AGENT; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HORMONE ACTION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RAT; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84907205656     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1154     Document Type: Article

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