PCBs exert an estrogenic effect through repression of the Wnt7a signaling pathway in the female reproductive tract.

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Published in Environ Health Perspect on June 01, 2006

Authors

Risheng Ma1, David A Sassoon

Author Affiliations

1: Brookdale Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, New York, USA.

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