Phthalates Are Metabolised by Primary Thyroid Cell Cultures but Have Limited Influence on Selected Thyroid Cell Functions In Vitro.

Phthalates are plasticisers added to a wide variety of products, resulting in measurable exposure of humans. They are suspected to disrupt the thyroid axis as epidemiological studies suggest an influence on the peripheral thyroid hormone concentration. The mechanism is still unknown as only few in v...

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Main Authors: Juliana Frohnert Hansen, Marianne Møller Brorson, Malene Boas, Hanne Frederiksen, Claus Henrik Nielsen, Emma Sofie Lindström, Jacob Hofman-Bang, Marie-Louise Hartoft-Nielsen, Thomas Frisch, Katharina M Main, Klaus Bendtzen, Åse Krogh Rasmussen, Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4795645?pdf=render