Firemaster® 550 and its components isopropylated triphenyl phosphate and triphenyl phosphate enhance adipogenesis and transcriptional activity of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (Pparγ) on the adipocyte protein 2 (aP2) promoter

Emily W. Y. Tung; Shaimaa Ahmed; Vian Peshdary; Ella Atlas

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0175855

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Firemaster^® 550 and its components isopropylated triphenyl phosphate and triphenyl phosphate enhance adipogenesis and transcriptional activity of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (Pparγ) on the adipocyte protein 2 (aP2) promoter

Emily W. Y. Tung ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Emily W. Y. Tung, Shaimaa Ahmed

Affiliation Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Shaimaa Ahmed ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Emily W. Y. Tung, Shaimaa Ahmed

Affiliation Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Vian Peshdary,

Affiliation Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Ella Atlas

* E-mail: ella.atlas@canada.ca

Affiliation Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4410-4402

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Firemaster^® 550 and its components isopropylated triphenyl phosphate and triphenyl phosphate enhance adipogenesis and transcriptional activity of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (Pparγ) on the adipocyte protein 2 (aP2) promoter

Emily W. Y. Tung,
Shaimaa Ahmed,
Vian Peshdary,
Ella Atlas

Published: April 24, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175855

About the Authors

Emily W. Y. Tung

Contributed equally to this work with: Emily W. Y. Tung, Shaimaa Ahmed

Affiliation Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Shaimaa Ahmed

Contributed equally to this work with: Emily W. Y. Tung, Shaimaa Ahmed

Affiliation Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Vian Peshdary

Affiliation Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ella Atlas

* E-mail: ella.atlas@canada.ca

Affiliation Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4410-4402

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: EA EWYT SA VP. Formal analysis: EA EWYT SA VP. Funding acquisition: EA. Investigation: EWYT SA VP EA. Methodology: EA. Project administration: EA. Supervision: EA. Writing – original draft: EA SA EWYT. Writing – review & editing: EA.

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