Effects of ciprofibrate on testicular and adrenal steroidogenic enzymes in the rat

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-43

  Hierlihy, Andrée M ^a   Cooke, Gerard M ^a,b   Curran, Ivan H A ^a   Mehta, Rekha ^a   Karamanos, Litsa ^a   Price, Christopher A ^c  

^a TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Ciprofibrate; Peroxisome proliferator; Steroidogenic enzymes; Testis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CIPROFIBRATE; ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIOMETRY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEYDIG CELLS; LIVER; MALE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; ORGAN SIZE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATORS; PROGESTERONE REDUCTASE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE; STEROID ISOMERASES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745498923     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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