Methoxyacetic acid disregulation of androgen receptor and androgen-binding protein expression in adult rat testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1437-1446

  Tirado, Oscar M ^a   Martínez, Elisabeth D ^b   Rodriguéz, Olga C ^b   Danielsen, Mark ^b   Selva, David M ^a   Reventós, Jaume ^a   Munell, Francina ^a   Suárez Quian, Carlos A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Apoptosis; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHOXYACETIC ACID; PROBASIN; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GERM CELL; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETIC ACIDS; ANDROGEN-BINDING PROTEIN; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DISSECTION; DRUG SYNERGISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASERS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOCYTES; TESTIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037377940     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.004937     Document Type: Article

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