Diesel exhaust particle toxicity on spermatogenesis in the mouse is aryl hydrocarbon receptor dependent

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1069-1078

  Izawa, Hiromi ^a,b   Kohara, Machiko ^a   Watanabe, Gen ^b,c   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^b,c   Sagai, Masaru ^a  

^a AOMORI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Diesel exhaust particles; Epididymis; Sperm; Testis

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; EXHAUST GAS; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; ORGAN SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; EPIDIDYMIS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGAN SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

MUS;

EID: 36048935138     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.19025     Document Type: Article

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