Regulation of Ahr signaling by Nrf2 during development: Effects of Nrf2a deficiency on PCB126 embryotoxicity in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 167, Issue , 2015, Pages 157-171

  Rousseau, Michelle E ^a   Sant, Karilyn E ^a   Borden, Linnea R ^a   Franks, Diana G ^b   Hahn, Mark E ^b   Timme Laragy, Alicia R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxin like compound; Embryonic development; Gene expression; Swim bladder; Transcription factor; Yolk

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE A1; HEME OXYGENASE 1; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3,4,5,3',4'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; NFE2L2 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; WATER POLLUTANT; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; PCB; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SIGNALING; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AHR GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP1A GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GSTA1 GENE; HMOX1 GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; KEAP1A GENE; KEAP1B GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NQO1 GENE; NRF2B GENE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TERATOGENESIS; WILD TYPE; YOLK SAC; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84940485065     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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