Abnormal Morphology of the Penis in Male Rats Exposed Neonatally to Diethylstilbestrol Is Associated with Altered Profile of Estrogen Receptor-α Protein, but Not of Androgen Receptor Protein: A Developmental and Immunocytochemical Study

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1504-1517

  Goyal, H O ^a   Braden, T D ^b   Williams, C S ^a   Dalvi, P ^a   Mansour, M M ^a   Mansour, M ^a   Williams, J W ^a   Bartol, F F ^b   Wiley, A A ^b   Birch, L ^c   Prins, G S ^c  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Estradiol; Estradiol receptor; Penis; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OLIVE OIL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; FEMALE; GENITAL MALFORMATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PENIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PUBERTY; RAT; TERATOLOGY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE SECTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PENIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 11144355160     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.026328     Document Type: Article

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