Effects of Mono-(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate on Fetal and Neonatal Rat Testis Organ Cultures

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1964-1972

  Li, Hui ^a   Kim, Kwan Hee ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamete biology; Sertoli cells; Testis; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MITOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GLYCOPROTEINS; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA HELICASES; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTICULAR HORMONES; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344739001     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.018895     Document Type: Article

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