Effects of perinatal exposure to flutamide on sex hormone responsiveness in F1 male rats

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 149-163

  Miyata, Kaori ^a   Yabushita, Setsuko ^a   Sano, Masashi ^b   Miyashita, Kayoko ^b   Okuno, Yasuyoshi ^a   Matsuo, Masatoshi ^c  

^a SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b Daiyukai Research Institute for Medical Science   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiandrogen; Flutamide; Male rats; Perinatal

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; FLUTAMIDE; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PENIS; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0141480124     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.28.149     Document Type: Article

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