Evidence for New Light-Independent Pathways for Generation of the Endogenous Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Agonist FICZ

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 75-86

  Smirnova, Anna ^a   Wincent, Emma ^c   Vikström Bergander, Linda ^c   Alsberg, Tomas ^b   Bergman, Jan ^c   Rannug, Agneta ^c   Rannug, Ulf ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 INHIBITOR; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRUVIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN; 6-FORMYLINDOLO(3,2-B)CARBAZOLE; CYP1A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; DEAMINATION; DEHYDROGENATION; LIGHT; MALASSEZIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE COUPLING; SYNTHESIS; AGONISTS; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CARBAZOLES; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84955298717     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5b00416     Document Type: Article

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