Protective effects of ursodeoxycholic acid against 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-induced testicular damage in mice

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-247

  Kwon, Young Il ^a   Yeon, Je Deuk ^b   Oh, Seung Min ^b   Chung, Kyu Hyuck ^b  

^a Shinhan University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Preventive effect; TCDD; Testicular toxicity; Ursodeoxycholic acid

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; FOLLITROPIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN; TERATOGENIC AGENT; TESTIS PEPTIDE HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GERM LAYER; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LYSOSOME; MALE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PATHOLOGY; PROPHYLAXIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS WEIGHT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0842308022     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2003.09.024     Document Type: Article

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