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Hexachlorobenzene stimulates uroporphyria in low affinity AHR mice without increasing CYP1A2.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology - 1 Jun 2007
Gorman Nadia, Trask Heidi S, Robinson Susan W, Sinclair Jacqueline F, Gerhard Glenn S, Smith Andrew G, Sinclair Peter R
Abstract excerpt
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), a weak ligand of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), causes hepatic uroporphyrin (URO) accumulation (uroporphyria) in humans and animals. CYP1A2 has been shown to be necessary in the development of uroporphyria in mice. Using mice expressing the low affinity form of the...
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