Abnormal Leydig cell aggregation in the fetal testis of rats exposed to di (n-butyl) phthalate and its possible role in testicular dysgenesis

Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 613-623

  Mahood, I Kim ^a   Hallmark, Nina ^a   McKinnell, Chris ^a   Walker, Marion ^a   Fisher, Jane S ^a   Sharpe, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CELL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GERM CELL; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DYSGENESIS;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES;

EID: 12344267731     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-0671     Document Type: Article

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