An overview of brominated flame retardants in the environment

CA De Wit - Chemosphere, 2002 - Elsevier
The presence of brominated flame retardant (BFR) chemicals, and particularly
polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) and …

Environmental xenobiotics and nuclear receptors—Interactions, effects and in vitro assessment

J Janošek, K Hilscherová, L Bláha, I Holoubek - Toxicology in vitro, 2006 - Elsevier
A group of intracellular nuclear receptors is a protein superfamily including arylhydrocarbon
AhR, estrogen ER, androgen AR, thyroid TR and retinoid receptors RAR/RXR as well as …

Toxicity reference values for the toxic effects of polychlorinated biphenyls to aquatic mammals

K Kannan, AL Blankenship, PD Jones… - Human and Ecological …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Threshold tissue residue concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 2, 3, 7, 8-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin equivalents (TEQs) were derived from the published results of …

Detection of estrogenic potency in wastewater and surface water with three in vitro bioassays

AJ Murk, J Legler, MMH Van Lipzig… - Environmental …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
A study was performed to optimize sample preparation and application of three in vitro
assays for measuring estrogenic potency in environmental extracts. The three assays …

Persistent organic pollutants and stable isotopes in biopsy samples (2004/2006) from Southern Resident killer whales

MM Krahn, MB Hanson, RW Baird, RH Boyer… - Marine pollution …, 2007 - Elsevier
“Southern Resident” killer whales include three “pods”(J, K and L) that reside primarily in
Puget Sound/Georgia Basin during the spring, summer and fall. This population was listed …

Detection of thyroid hormone receptor disruptors by a novel stable in vitro reporter gene assay

J Freitas, P Cano, C Craig-Veit, ML Goodson… - Toxicology in Vitro, 2011 - Elsevier
A stable luciferase reporter gene assay was developed based on the thyroid hormone
responsive rat pituitary tumor GH3 cell line that constitutively expresses both thyroid …

An assessment of the toxicological significance of anthropogenic contaminants in Canadian arctic wildlife

AT Fisk, CA De Wit, M Wayland, ZZ Kuzyk… - Science of the Total …, 2005 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic contaminants have been a concern in the Canadian arctic for over 30 years
due to relatively high concentrations of bioaccumulating and biomagnifying organochlorine …

Are dioxin-like contaminants responsible for the eel (Anguilla anguilla) drama?

AP Palstra, VJT Van Ginneken, AJ Murk… - …, 2006 - Springer
Eel populations worldwide are dangerously close to collapsing. Our study is the first to show
that current levels of dioxin-like contaminants are strong candidates because of their …

Cell bioassays for detection of aryl hydrocarbon (AhR) and estrogen receptor (ER) mediated activity in environmental samples

JP Giesy, K Hilscherova, PD Jones, K Kannan… - Marine Pollution …, 2002 - Elsevier
In vitro cell bioassays are useful techniques for the determination of receptor-mediated
activities in environmental samples containing complex mixtures of contaminants. The cell …

Cell bioassays for detection of aryl hydrocarbon (AhR) and estrogen receptor (ER) mediated activity in environmental samples

K Hilscherova, M Machala, K Kannan… - … Science and Pollution …, 2000 - Springer
In vitro cell bioassays are useful techniques for the determination of receptor-mediated
activities in environmental samples containing complex mixtures of contaminants. The cell …