Impact of co-exposure with lead and decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) on thyroid function in zebrafish larvae

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 157, Issue , 2014, Pages 186-195

  Zhu, Biran ^a,b   Wang, Qiangwei ^a,b   Wang, Xianfeng ^a,b   Zhou, Bingsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

BDE 209; Co exposure; Pb; Synergistic effects; Thyroid disruption; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; LEAD; LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; PREALBUMIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DECABROMOBIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; THYROID HORMONE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYPRINID; EMBRYO; ETHER; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); LARVA; LEAD; PBDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE TRANSPORT; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYROID FUNCTION; TOXICOKINETICS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; DRUG SYNERGISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; LARVA; LEAD; PREALBUMIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84909945753     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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