Differential expression of the phthalate syndrome in male Sprague-Dawley and Wistar rats after in utero DEHP exposure

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-184

  Wilson, Vickie S ^a   Howdeshell, Kembra L ^a   Lambright, Christy S ^a   Furr, Johnathan ^a   Earl Gray Jr , L ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymal agenesis; Gubernacular agenesis; Insulin like factor 3; Phthalate syndrome; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS AGENESIS; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 34248202010     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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