Ovarian endocrine disruption underlies premature reproductive senescence following environmentally relevant chronic exposure to the aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonist 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 198-202

  Shi, Zhanquan ^a,b   Valdez, Kelli E ^a,b   Ting, Alison Y ^a,b   Franczak, Anita ^c   Gum, Steve L ^a,b   Petroff, Brian K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aging; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Estradiol; Menopause; Ovary; Pituitary; Rat; Reproduction; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE; VAGINA CYTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; REPRODUCTION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA;

RATTUS;

EID: 33846892725     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.053991     Document Type: Article

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