Interactions of methoxyacetic acid with androgen receptor

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-110

  Bagchi, Gargi ^a   Hurst, Christopher H ^a   Waxman, David J ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Endocrine disruptive compounds; Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether; Methoxyacetic acid; Protein kinase inhibitors; Testicular toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 17; METHOXYACETIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DISORDER; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS DISEASE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACETIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 67349227101     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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