Phthalates impair germ cell development in the human Fetal testis in vitro without change in testosterone production

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-37

  Lambrot, Romain ^a,b,c   Muczynski, Vincent ^a,b,c   Lécureuil, Charlotte ^a,b,c   Angenard, Gaëlle ^a,b,c   Coffigny, Hervé ^a,b,c   Pairault, Catherine ^a,b,c   Moison, Delphine ^a,b,c   Frydman, René ^c,d   Habert, René ^a,b,c   Rouiller Fabre, Virginie ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Human fetus; Phthalates; Testis development

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; TESTOSTERONE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS DISEASE;

RATTUS;

EID: 60749089958     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11146     Document Type: Article

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