Differential effects of phthalates on the testis and the liver

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 745-754

  Bhattacharya, Nandini ^a   Dufour, Jannette M ^a   Vo, My Nuong ^a   Okita, Janice ^a   Okita, Richard ^a   Kwan, Hee Kim ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Di (2 ethylhexyl) phthalate; Di isonanoyl phthalate; Environment; Liver; Mitogen activated protein kinase; p38; Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor; Sertoli cells; Testis; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PIRINIXIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GERM CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GERM CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PPAR GAMMA; RATS; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; SERTOLI CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 14044265067     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.031583     Document Type: Article

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