Comparison of the in vitro effects of TCDD, PCB 126 and PCB 153 on thyroid-restricted gene expression and thyroid hormone secretion by the chicken thyroid gland

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 496-503

  Katarzyńska, Dorota ^a   Hrabia, Anna ^a   Kowalik, Kinga ^a   Sechman, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chicken; PCB 126; PCB 153; TCDD; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM IODIDE SYMPORTER; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROXINE; 2,4,5,2',4',5'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,4,5,3',4'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; COTRANSPORTER; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EXPLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE RELEASE; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RNA, MESSENGER; SYMPORTERS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84922620290     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2015.01.016     Document Type: Article

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