In utero exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin affects the development of reproductive system in mouse

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 843-850

  Jin, Mei Hua ^a   Ko, Hae Kyung ^a   Hong, Chang Hee ^a   Han, Sang Won ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Androgen receptor; Apoptosis; Proliferation; Testis

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYCLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TESTIS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 58149473105     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2008.49.5.843     Document Type: Article

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