Toxicity of ethylene glycol monomethyl ether: Impact on testicular gene expression

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-274

  Bagchi, Gargi ^a   Waxman, David J ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether; Gene expression; Methoxyacetic acid; Testicular; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYETHANOL; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN KINASE C;

APOPTOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS INJURY; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS;

EID: 40349112840     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00846.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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