Alteration of testicular steroidogenesis and histopathology of reproductive system in male rats treated with triclosan

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-185

  Kumar, Vikas ^a   Chakraborty, Ajanta ^a   Kural, Mool Raj ^a   Roy, Partha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Histopathology; Steroidogenesis; Testicular gene expression; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

3 BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450C17; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PREGNENOLONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNENOLONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRICLOSAN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 62549165138     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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