Do persistent organic pollutants interact with the stress response? Individual compounds, and their mixtures, interaction with the glucocorticoid receptor

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 241, Issue , 2016, Pages 121-132

  Wilson, Jodie ^a   Berntsen, Hanne Friis ^b   Zimmer, Karin Elisabeth ^b   Verhaegen, Steven ^b   Frizzell, Caroline ^a   Ropstad, Erik ^b   Connolly, Lisa ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid receptor; High content analysis; Mixtures; Persistent organic pollutants; Reporter gene assay

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; 2,2',4,4'-TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLUOROCARBON; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; STRESS; TRANSACTIVATION; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POLLUTANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXICITY;

CELL LINE; DECANOIC ACIDS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; GENES, REPORTER; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84948799641     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.11.014     Document Type: Article

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