Neonatal exposure to estrogen in the wistar rat decreases estrogen receptor-beta and induces epithelial proliferation of the prostate in the adult

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-351

  Un No, Toshiyuki ^a   Hayami, Shinsuke ^a   Nobata, Shunsuke ^a   Sudoko, Hiroshi ^a   Honma, Seijiro ^b   Fujita, Kimio ^a   Ozono, Seiichiro ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Grelan Pharmaceutical Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Estrogen exposure; Estrogen receptor beta; Histomorphometry

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYCLINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 36249009016     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109721     Document Type: Article

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