Testicular toxicity of profenofos in matured male rats

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 875-881

  Moustafa, Gihan Gamal ^a,b   Ibrahim, Zein Shaban ^a,c   Hashimoto, Yoshiharu ^a   Alkelch, Alkelch M ^b   Sakamoto, Kentaro Q ^a   Ishizuka, Mayumi ^a   Fujita, Shoichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^c TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450; Profenofos; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 11A1; CYTOCHROME P450 17A1; INSECTICIDE; PROFENOFOS; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTICULAR TOXICITY; TESTIS; TESTIS INJURY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECTICIDES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; THIOPHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; TOXICITY TESTS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 36649014011     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-007-0217-2     Document Type: Article

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