Effects of 3,3′,4,4′,5-pentachlorobiphenyl, a coplanar polychlorinated biphenyl congener, on cultured neonatal mouse testis

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 259-269

  Fukuzawa, N H ^a,b,c   Ohsako, S ^a,c   Nagano, R ^d   Sakaue, M ^a,e   Baba, T ^b,c   Aoki, Y ^a,c   Tohyama, C ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coplanar PCB; Steroidogenic enzyme; Testis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; BROXURIDINE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037683599     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2333(03)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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