Gene expression profiling of androgen receptor antagonists in the rat fetal testis reveals few common gene targets

Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-17

  Mu, Xueyan ^a   Liu, Kejun ^a,b   Kleymenova, Elena ^a   Sar, Madhabananda ^a   Young, S Stanley ^b   Gaido, Kevin W ^a  

^a CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor antagonists; Fetal testis; Gene expression; In utero exposure; Microarray; Testicular development

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIANDROGEN; CHOLESTEROL; CORN OIL; FLUTAMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN Y; LINURON; MYOMESIN; MYOMESIN 2; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCLOZOLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HBB Y GENE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOM2 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DISEASE; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33344477470     PISSN: 10956670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbt.20110     Document Type: Article

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