Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB 153 and PCB 126) action on conversion of 20-hydroxylated cholesterol to progesterone, androstenedione to testosterone, and testosterone to estradiol 17β

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 464-470

  Wójtowicz, Anna K ^a   Goch, M ^a   Gregoraszczuk, E L ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Granulosa cells; Polychlorinated biphenyles; Porcine follicles; Steroid secretion; Theca cells

Indexed keywords

20 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); ESTRADIOL; PCB 153; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GRANULOSA CELLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SWINE; THECA CELLS;

EID: 16244387067     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-865776     Document Type: Article

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