Involvement of testicular growth factors in fetal Leydig cell aggregation after exposure to phthalate in utero

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 7218-7222

  Lin, Han ^a,b   Ge, Ren Shan ^a,b   Chen, Guo Rong ^c   Hu, Guo Xin ^c   Dong, Lei ^c   Lian, Qing Quan ^b   Hardy, Dianne O ^a   Sottas, Chantal M ^a   Li, Xiao Kun ^c   Hardy, Matthew P ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Second Affiliated Hospital   (China)

^c WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Di (2 ethylhexyl) phthalate; Endocrine disruptor; Reproduction; Steroidogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; DRUG VEHICLE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IGF1 GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; KITL GENE; LEYDIG CELL; LIF GENE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELL FACTOR;

RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44449094728     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0709260105     Document Type: Article

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