Endocrine disruptors and estrogenic effects on male reproductive axis

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 134-145

  Sikka, Suresh C ^a   Wang, Run ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Environmental estogens; Hypothalamic pituitary testicularaxis; Male infertility; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIBROMO 3 CHLOROPROPANE; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ALKYLATING AGENT; ANABOLIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CADMIUM; CHLORMETHINE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EPICHLOROHYDRIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; LEAD; MACROLIDE; MERCURY; METHYL CHLORIDE; NITROFURANTOIN; ORGANIC SOLVENT; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOESTROGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HODGKIN DISEASE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOSPADIAS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; IONIZING RADIATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKEMIA; LEYDIG CELL; LIBIDO DISORDER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE STERILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERTOLI CELL; SIDE EFFECT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID DISEASE;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 37749022163     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2008.00370.x     Document Type: Review

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