Identification of differentially expressed genes in the testis of Sprague-Dawley rats treated with di(n-butyl) phthalate

Toxicology

Volumn 234, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 103-112

  Ryu, Ju Young ^a   Lee, Byung Mu ^b   Kacew, Sam ^c   Kim, Hyung Sik ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Di(n butyl) phthalate; Differentially expressed genes; Spermatogenesis; Steroidogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORN OIL; CYTOCHROME P450 17; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENE PRODUCT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PERIPHERAL TYPE BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR BI; SPERM ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 4; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; H1SHR GENE; INSL3 GENE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PGRP GENE; POLLUTANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, ERBA; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLASTICIZERS; PPAR ALPHA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34047148280     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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