References PCBs and Prostate Cancer

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ADAMI H-O, BERGSTROM R, SPAREN P, BARON J. Increasing cancer risk in younger birth cohorts in Sweden. LANCET (N AM ED); 341 (8848). 1993. 773-777. Author Address: Cancer Epidemiol. Unit, University Hosp., S-751 85 Uppsala, Swed.

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Bager Y, Kato Y, Kenne K, Warngard L.The Ability to Alter the Gap Junction Protein Expression Outside GST-P Positive Foci in Liver of Rats Was Associated to the Tumour Promotion Potency of Different Polychlorinated Biphenyls. Chemico-Biological Interactions, Vol. 103, No. 3, pages 199-212, 45 references, 1997

Brandt I, Bergman A. PCB Methyl Sulphones and Related Compounds: Identification of Target Cells and Tissues in Different Species. Chemosphere, Vol. 16, Nos. 8/9, pages 1671-1676, 23 references, 1987

DANZOD BJ. The effects of environmental hormones on reproduction. CMLS, CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES; 54 (11). 1998. 1249-1264. Author Address: Dep. Obstet. Gynecol., Vanderbilt Univ. Sch. Med., Room D2304 MCN, Nashville, TN 37232-2633, USA.

Derr SK, Dekker J. Alterations of Androgenicity in Rats Exposed to PCBs (Aroclor 1254). Source: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Vol. 21, Nos. 1/2, pages 43-45, 6 references, 1979

DESAULNIERS D, LEINGARTNER K, WADE M, FINTELMAN E, YAGMINAS A, FOSTER WG. Effects of acute exposure to PCBs 126 and 153 on anterior pituitary and thyroid hormones and FSH isoforms in adult Sprague Dawley male rats. TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 47 (2). 1999. 158-169. Author Address: Environmental Health Centre, Tunney's Pasture, Room 330, Bldg No. 8, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0L2, Canada.

Faqi AS, Dalsenter PR, Mathar W, Heinrich-Hirsch B, Chahoud I. Reproductive toxicity and tissue concentrations of 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB 77) in male adult rats. Hum Exp Toxicol 1998a Mar;17(3):151-6. Author Address: Institut fur Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany.

Faqi AS, Dalsenter PR, Merker HJ, Chahoud I. Effects on developmental landmarks and reproductive capability of 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl and 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl in offspring of rats exposed during pregnancy. Hum Exp Toxicol 1998b Jul;17(7):365-72. Author Address: Institut fur Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany.

Giovannucci EL. IGF-1, 1,25 (OH)2 Vitamin D, and Prostate Cancer. Govt Reports Announcements & Index (GRA&I), Issue 24, 2001. Annual rept. 1 Oct 1998-30 Sep 1999. Author Address: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

GLATT H, SEIDEL A, BOCHNITSCHEK W, MARQUARDT H, MARQUARDT H, HODGSON RM, GROVER PL, OESCH F. MUTAGENIC AND CELL-TRANSFORMING ACTIVITIES OF TRIOL-EPOXIDES AS COMPARED TO OTHER CHRYSENE METABOLITES. Source: CANCER RES 46:4556-4565,1986 Prostate fibroblasts were cultured. PCBs were used to induce enzymes to test mutagenicity.

Golden AL, Markowitz SB, Landrigan PJ. The Risk of Cancer in Firefighters. Source: Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews, Vol. 10, No. 4, pages 803-820, 73 references, 1995

Gould JC, Cooper KR, Scanes CG. Effects of polychlorinated biphenyl mixtures and three specific congeners on growth and circulating growth-related hormones. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1997 May; 106(2):221-30. Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, USA.

Gray LE Jr, Kelce WR. Latent effects of pesticides and toxic substances on sexual differentiation of rodents. Toxicol Ind Health 1996 May-Aug;12(3-4):515-31. Author Address: Developmental Reproductive Toxicology Section, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, USA.

Gray LE Jr. Xenoendocrine disrupters: laboratory studies on male reproductive effects. Toxicol Lett 1998 Dec 28;102-103:331-5. Author Address: Reproductive Toxicology Division, NHEERL, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA. gray.earl@epamail.epa.gov

Gray LE Jr, Wolf C, Lambright C, Mann P, Price M, Cooper RL, Ostby J. Administration of potentially antiandrogenic pesticides (procymidone, linuron, iprodione, chlozolinate, p,p'-DDE, and ketoconazole) and toxic substances (dibutyl- and diethylhexyl phthalate, PCB 169, and ethane dimethane sulphonate) during sexual differentiation produces diverse profiles of reproductive malformations in the male rat. Toxicol Ind Health 1999 Jan-Mar;15(1-2):94-118. Author Address: Endocrinology Branch, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, MD-72, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA. gray.earl@epamail.epa.gov

Gupta C. Reproductive malformation of the male offspring following maternal exposure to estrogenic chemicals. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 2000 Jun;224(2):61-8. Author Address: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. gupt+@pitt.edu Comments: Comment in: Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 2000 Jun;224(2):57-60

Haake-McMillan JM, Safe SH. Neonatal exposure to Aroclor 1254: effects on adult hepatic testosterone hydroxylase activities. Xenobiotica 1991 Apr;21(4):481-9. Author Address: Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843.

Haas GP, Sakr WA. Epidemiology of prostate cancer. CA Cancer J Clin 1997 Sep-Oct;47(5):273-87. Department of Urology, State University of New York Health Sciences Center, Syracuse, USA.

HORI M, KONDO H, ARIYOSHI N, YAMADA H, HIRATSUKA A, WATABE T, OGURI K. Changes in the hepatic glutathione peroxidase redox system produced by coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls in Ah-responsive and -less-responsive strains of mice: Mechanism and implications for toxicity. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY; 3 (4). 1997a. 267-275. Author Address: Fac. Pharmaceutical Sci., Kyushu Univ. 62, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-82, Japan.

Hori M, Ariyoshi N, Yamada H, Oguri K. Effect of co-planar polychlorinated biphenyl on the hepatic glutathione peroxidase redox system in rats and guinea pigs. Fukuoka Igaku Zasshi 1997b May; 88(5):144-8. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka.

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Juul A, Sorensen N, Grandjean P, Weihe P, Skakkebaek NE. Maternal marine food intake during pregnancy; association with insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I in 7-year old children. Horm Res 1996 Sep;46(Suppl 2):30. Author Address: Department of Growth and Reproduction, National University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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KOVACEVIC R, VOJINOVIC-MILORADOV M, TEODOROVIC I, ANDRIC S. Effect of PCBs on Androgen Production by Suspension of Adult Rat Leydig Cells in vitro. JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; 52 (6). 1995. 595-597. Author Address: Inst. Biol., Univ. Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.

Kurachi M. A New Sulfur-Containing Derivative And Possibility Of Conjugate Formation Of PCBs In Mice Or Rats. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, Vol. 47, No. 6, pages 1183-1191, 24 references, 1983

Kurachi M, Mio T.On The Formation Of A Conjugate Of PCBs With Glutathione And Its Further Metabolism In Mice Or Rats. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, Vol. 47, No. 6, pages 1193-1199, 37 references, 1983

Lilienthal H, Hany J, Kaya H, Roth-Haerer A, Sarasin A, Lichtensteiger W, Winneke G. Developmental exposure to PCB congeners and defined mixtures - endocrine and neurobehavioral effects. Neurotoxicology 2000 Aug;21(4):619. Author Address: Medical Institute of Environmental Hygiene, Duesseldorf, Germany.

LUND J, BRANDT I, POELLINGER L, BERGMAN A, KLASSON-WEHLER E, GUSTAFSSON J-A. Target cells for the polychlorinated biphenyl metabolite 4,4'-bis(methylsulfonyl) -2-2',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl: Characterization of high affinity binding in rat and mouse lung cytosol. MOL PHARMACOL; 27 (2). 1985. 314-323. Author Address: Dep. Med. Nutrition, Karolinska Inst., Huddinge Univ. Hosp., F69, S-14186 Huddinge, Sweden. Madra S, Mann F, Francis JE, Manson MM, Smith AG.Modulation by Iron of Hepatic Microsomal and Nuclear Cytochrome P450, and Cytosolic Glutathione S-Transferase and Peroxidase in C57BL/10ScSn Mice Induced with Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Aroclor 1254). Source: Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Vol. 136, No. 1, pages 79-86, 45 references, 1996

Makary M, Kim HL, Safe S, Womack J, Ivie GW.Constitutive and Aroclor 1254-Induced Hepatic Glutathione S-Transferase, Peroxidase and Reductase Activities in Genetically Inbred Mice. Source: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. C: Comparative Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 91C, No. 2, pages 425-429, 47 references, 1988

Mantyla E, Ahotupa M.Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Naphthalenes: Long-Lasting Induction of Oxidative
Stress in the Rat. Chemosphere, Vol. 27, Nos. 1-3, pages 383-390, 28 references, 1993

Moore RW, Bergman A, Rudy TA, Peterson RE. Effects of PCB 153, PCB 105, and PCB 126 on
development of the male reproductive system in rats. Toxicologist 1998 Mar;42(1-S):135. Author
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Mori C. Possible effects of endocrine disruptors on the reproductive system. Teratology 2001
Apr;63(4):9A. Author Address: Department of Anatomy, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.

Nagayama J, Kuroki H, Masuda Y, Kuratsune M. A Comparative Study Of Polychlorinated
Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated Biphenyls And 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin On Aryl
Hydrocarbon Hydroxylase Inducing Potency In Rats. Archives of Toxicology, Vol. 53, No. 3, pages
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NAGAYAMA J, KUROKI H, MASUDA Y, KURATSUNE M. A comparative study of
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Ohi G. Endocrine disrupting chemicals and carcinogenicity. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1999 Feb; 26(3):263-8

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Ross JS. Development of an Assay for Prostate Cancer Based on Methylation Status of Glutathione S-Transferase-pi. Govt Reports Announcements & Index (GRA&I), Issue 14, 2001. Annual rept. 1 Mar 1999-28 Feb 2000. Author Address: Albany Medical Coll., NY.

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SEIDLER A, HEISKEL H, BICKEBOELLER R, ELSNER G. Association between diesel exposure at
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Goethe-Universitaet, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590, Frankfurtain, Germany.

SHIVERICK KT. PLACENTAL/UTERINE & PROSTATE EFFECTS OF ORGANOCHLORINES. Crisp Data Base National Institutes of Health. Author Address:
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SINHA RP, PARULEKAR MR. EFFECT OF MAMMALIAN TISSUES ON MUTAGENICITY OF
SEVERAL N-NITROSO COMPOUNDS. Source: J FOOD PROTECTION 46:109-114,1983
Keywords include: prostate. (PCBs were used as an enzyme inducer to test mutagenicity.)

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TAKABATAKE E, FUJITA M, SAWA Y.Combined effects of polychlorinated biphenyls and methylmercury on hepatic microsomal monooxygenases and the hepatotoxic action of bromobenzene. J PHARMACOBIO-DYN; 3 (9). 1980. 463-469. Author Address: Inst. Public Health, 6-1 Shirokanedai 4, Minato, Tokyo 108, Jpn.

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Toppari J, Skakkebaek NE. Sexual differentiation and environmental endocrine disrupters. Baillieres Clin
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Walther, Philip J., M.D., Ph.D. Prostate Cancer Case-Control Study: Black vs White VA vs Private Sector. Corporate Name: 119575, 7024, 558 Source: Department of Veterans Affairs_Research and Development, 810 Vermont Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C., United States of America. Keywords: PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES

WEBER WW. Influence of heredity on human sensitivity to environmental chemicals. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS; 25 (SUPPL. 26). 1995. 102-114. Author Address: MSRB III Room 1301b, Dep. Pharmacology, Univ. Mich., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632, USA.

Yeowell HN, Waxman DJ, LeBlanc GA, Linko P, Goldstein JA. Induction of rat cytochrome P-450 3 and its mRNA by 3,4,5,3',4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl. Mol Pharmacol 1988 Mar;33(3):272-8. Laboratory for Biochemical Risk Analysis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.

YUSPA SH, SHIELDS PG. ETIOLOGY OF CANCER CHEMICAL FACTORS. Source: DE VITA, V. T. JR., S. HELLMAN AND S. A. ROSENBERG (ED.). CANCER: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF ONCOLOGY, 5TH EDITION, VOLS. 1 AND 2. LXIX+1539P.(VOL. 1); LI+1585P.(VOL. 2) LIPPINCOTT-RAVEN PUBLISHERS: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, USA. ISBN 0-397-51574-X(SET); ISBN 0-397-51575-8(VOL. 1); ISBN 0-397-51576-6(VOL. 2).;
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WARREN RJ, KIRKPATRICK RL, VOGELSANG RW. EFFECTS OF MIREX AND A POLY
CHLORINATED BI PHENYL ON PENTO BARBITAL INDUCED SLEEPING TIMES AND
ORGAN WEIGHTS OF MALE COTTONTAIL RABBITS. Source: VA J SCI; 26 (2). 1975 60.
Keywords include: prostate

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