Estrogenic compounds inhibit gap junctional intercellular communication in mouse Leydig TM3 cells

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-246

  Iwase, Yumiko ^a,b   Fukata, Hideki ^a   Mori, Chisato ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toxicology Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diethylstilbestrol; Estradiol; Gap junction; Genistein; Leydig cell; TM3

Indexed keywords

CALPHOSTIN C; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FULVESTRANT; GENISTEIN; LUCIFER YELLOW; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; ANTIESTROGEN; CALPHOSTIN COMPLEX; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; FLUORESCENT DYE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GAP JUNCTION; IC 50; INHIBITION KINETICS; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; CELL LINE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENISTEIN; ISOQUINOLINES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; NAPHTHALENES; PROTEIN KINASE C; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 33744503695     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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