Alterations of Sertoli cell activity in the long-term testicular germ cell death process induced by fetal androgen disruption

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-31

  Benbrahim Tallaa, Lamia ^a,b   Siddeek, Bénazir ^a,b   Bozec, Aline ^a,b   Tronchon, Virginie ^a,b   Florin, Anne ^a,b   Friry, Claire ^a,b   Tabone, Eric ^a,b   Mauduit, Claire ^a,b,c   Benahmed, Mohamed ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIANDROGEN; CASPASE 3; CATHEPSIN L; CYCLIN D2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; ESTRADIOL; FLUTAMIDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE ALPHA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE ALPHA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF HORMONE METABOLISM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FETAL ANDROGEN DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; COCULTURE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUTAMIDE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 38849190224     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-07-0062     Document Type: Article

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