CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β, but not steroidogenic factor-1, modulates the phthalate-induced dysregulation of rat fetal testicular steroidogenesis

Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 5851-5864

  Kuhl, Adam J ^a   Ross, Susan M ^a   Gaido, Kevin W ^a  

^a HAMNER INSTITUTES FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 17; CYTOCHROME P450 17A1; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR BI; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DOWN REGULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMINIZATION; FETUS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; NIPPLE MALFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-BETA; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCAVENGER RECEPTORS, CLASS B; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; STEROIDS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 36349032876     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0930     Document Type: Article

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