2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin interacts with endogenous estradiol to disrupt prostate gland morphogenesis in male rat fetuses

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 264-274

  Timms, Barry G ^a   Peterson, Richard E ^b   Vom Saal, Frederick S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin (TCDD); Estrogen; Intrauterine position; Prostate development; Rat; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOGENESIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URETHRA; UROGENITAL SINUS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TERATOGENS; TESTOSTERONE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036300445     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/67.2.264     Document Type: Article

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