Activin A and equine chorionic gonadotropin recover reproductive dysfunction induced by neonatal exposure to an estrogenic endocrine disruptor in adult male mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-67

  Warita, Katsuhiko ^a,b   Okamoto, Kazutaka ^c   Mutoh, Ken Ichiro ^c   Hasegawa, Yoshihisa ^c   Yue, Zhan Peng ^d   Yokoyama, Toshifumi ^a   Matsumoto, Yoshiki ^b   Miki, Takanori ^b   Takeuchi, Yoshiki ^b   Kitagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Sugawara, Teruo ^e   Hoshi, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Activin A; Androgen receptor; Diethylstilbestrol; Endocrine disruptor; Equine chorionic gonadotropin; Leydig cells; Luteinizing hormone; Male sexual function; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; HORSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPERMATID; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY, MALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; ORGAN SIZE; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; MUS;

EID: 38149034427     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.059857     Document Type: Article

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