Effects of maternal exposure to 3,3′,4,4′,5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB126) or 3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB169) on testicular steroidogenesis and spermatogenesis in male offspring rats

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-214

  Yamamoto, Masako ^a   Narita, Akiko ^a   Kagohata, Mari ^a   Shirai, Mitsuyuki ^a   Akahori, Fumiaki ^a   Arishima, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen; PCB; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3,3',4,4',5 HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LYASE; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; STEROID 17,21 LYASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; LEYDIG CELL; LIVER; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UTERUS;

EID: 14344257400     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2005.tb01087.x     Document Type: Article

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