Stimulation of the pituitary-adrenal axis and of adrenocortical steroidogenesis ex vivo by administration of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate to prepubertal male rats

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-39

  Supornsilchai, Vichit ^a   Söder, Olle ^a   Svechnikov, Konstantin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

22 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; BUCLADESINE; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HORMONE SENSITIVE LIPASE; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EX VIVO STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRESS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE; CORTICOSTERONE; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PLASTICIZERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL MATURATION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33947356761     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-06-0004     Document Type: Article

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