Antiandrogen exposure in utero disrupts expression of desert hedgehog and insulin-like factor 3 in the developing fetal rat testis

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 445-451

  Brokken, Leon J S ^a   Adamsson, Annika ^a   Paranko, Jorma ^a   Toppari, Jorma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANTIANDROGEN; CASPASE 3; CYCLOPAMINE; CYTOCHROME P450; FLUTAMIDE; INSULIN LIKE FACTOR 3; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN CULTURE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FLUTAMIDE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROTEINS; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 58149473438     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0230     Document Type: Article

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