Testicular gene expression profiling following prepubertal rat mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate exposure suggests a common initial genetic response at fetal and prepubertal ages

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 369-381

  Lahousse, Stephanie A ^a   Wallace, Duncan G ^a   Liu, Delong ^a   Gaido, Kevin W ^a   Johnson, Kamin J ^a  

^a CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal; Gene expression; Phthalate; Postnatal; Testis

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P450 17; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; THROMBOSPONDIN 1;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREPUBERTY; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS INJURY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; NF-KAPPA B; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33748755645     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfl049     Document Type: Article

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