Methoxychlor induces atresia of antral follicles in ERα-overexpressing mice

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 196-204

  Tomic, Dragana ^a   Frech, Maria Silvina ^b   Babus, Janice K ^a   Gupta, Rupesh K ^a   Furth, Priscilla A ^b   Koos, Robert D ^a   Flaws, Jodi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ER ; Follicle atresia; Methoxychlor; Mouse model

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; LUCIFERASE; METHOXYCHLOR; SESAME SEED OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY WEIGHT; DNA PRIMERS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INSECTICIDES; METHOXYCHLOR; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 33747878620     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfl040     Document Type: Article

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